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Whitehall, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Athens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30605. The Survey maps it on the Athens East quadrangle.

Whitehall within Clarke County

On record in Whitehall

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched by testing this settlement's coordinate against the published boundary of every sheet in the United States Geological Survey's historical collection. Each opens the scanned sheet at the Survey.

Fires near this place

112 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Whitehall between 1992 and 2018, burning about 290 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 36 were recorded as arson. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a fire counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-OCONEE-002
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
31 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Whitehall: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Athens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke County

Storms near this place

14 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitehall in 14 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 funnel cloud, 1 lightning. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2011LightningWhitehall$100,000The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported that lightning ignited a fire at a residence in Athens located on Ashbrook Drive. Specific details regarding damages were not provided.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$25,000Approx 25 trees down across the uga golf course from severe thunderstorm winds. The damage was contained within the south end of the course moving from southwest to northeast.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$10,000The Athens Daily News reported that trees were down all across the southeast portion of Clarke county, including the Athens area. The trees brought down many power lines as well, causing nearly 5000 residents to be without power during the evening hours. Much of the damage occurred in the Cedar Creek Subdivision. Some of the downed trees blocked roads, including Midway road, on which both lanes of traffic were blocked, and on Oglethorpe Avenue near the entrance to the U.S. Navy Supply Corps School, where both lanes were blocked as well.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$1,000Broadcast media reports tree down at old lexington road near crestwood dr in east athens.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$1,000Emergency manager reports a tree down at the State Botanical Gardens of Georgia.
August 2016Heavy RainWhitehall$1,000The Grounds Keeper of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in south Clarke County or 4 miles south of Athens reported two large trees fell on the property due to heavy rain. One fell on an access road to the main building and the other fell in the courtyard.
July 2016Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$1,000Spotter reported a 10 inch diameter live pine tree completely blocking road. High winds between 7:25 and 7:30. Many small limbs and leaves also down. Scattered power outages in southeast Clarke county.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$1,000The Clarke County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down around Athens.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWhitehall$250The Clarke County 911 center reported a tree down on Beaver Trail just off Red Fox Run.
March 2017HailWhitehall-The public reported quarter size hail on Lindmar Court.
March 2017HailWhitehall-A nursery at Barnett Shoals Road and Hancock Lane reported quarter size hail.
June 2011HailWhitehall-The public observed quarter-sized hail in the far southeast part of Clarke County, south of Winterville and near the Oglethorpe county line.
March 2008Funnel CloudWhitehall-The public observed a funnel cloud near the intersection of Gaines School and Lexington Roads in southern Clarke county.
July 2008HailWhitehall-The public observed penny to nickel-sized hail in southern Clarke county, just south of the University of Georgia and the city of Athens in the Whitehall area.

Every storm recorded in Clarke County

Nearest settlements

The eight closest, with where each one stands in the county. Distances are straight-line, computed from the Geographic Names Information System coordinates.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Ansley Park0.6 miles13
Snapfinger0.8 miles13
Riverbend East0.8 miles13
River Hill East0.9 miles13
Clarkedale1.0 miles13
Chamberlin1.1 miles13
Ashton Place1.1 miles13
University Heights1.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 325202. The sheet list is computed by point-in-boundary test against the United States Geological Survey's historical topographic inventory. Both are works of the United States government and carry no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Wildfire. Short, Karen C. 2022. Spatial wildfire occurrence data for the United States, 1992-2020 [FPA_FOD_20221014]. 6th Edition. Fort Collins, CO: Forest Service Research Data Archive. https://doi.org/10.2737/RDS-2013-0009.6 Collected with United States Government funding and usable without additional permissions or fees.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.