BlockWhitesburg, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Whitesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30185. The Survey maps it on the Whitesburg quadrangle. 596 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 846 feet above sea level.
On record in Whitesburg
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 2 records
Whitesburg Baptist Churchlisted 2002- Banning Mills Industrial Archeological Districtlisted 2025
Population over time
2 figuresWhitesburg grew from 588 to 596 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 588 | |
| 2020 | 596 | +8 (+1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Whitesburg quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Whitesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 690 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 48 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 burning | 102 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COWETA001 |
| 8 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Whitesburg: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Mill Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
19 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitesburg in 19 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 6 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2007 | Lightning | Whitesburg | $100,000 | The Times Georgian of Carrollton reported that a weekend type cabin was destroyed by a fire as a result of a lightning strike. The cabin was declared a total loss. The fire was not actually discovered until after a midnight by a driver passing by the scene. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $75,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that extensive damage to trees and minor damage to structures along Georgia Highway 5 near Whitesburg in the southeast corner of Carroll county was the result of straight line thunderstorm winds and not a tornado. Hundreds of trees were flattened along a five mile long path beginning near the intersection of Georgia Highway 5 and Reese Road traveling northeast to near the intersection of Georgia Highway 5 and Ringer Road. Minor roof damage was noted to a few homes along the westernmost portion of the path. Two trees were also down just north of Carrollton from a separate part of the line of thunderstorms. The damage near Whitesburg appeared to be the result of a localized downburst along the line of severe thunderstorms or QLCS. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $20,000 | A tree was downed onto a home in the 200 block of moore street. |
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $3,000 | The Carroll County Emergency Management Director reported that over six trees were down across the far southeastern part of the county between Clem and Whitesburg. WSR-88D storm-relative velocity data suggested that this may have been caused by a tornado. However, there was no confirmation of a tornado in this area. A tornado warning was in effect for this part of the county at the time the damaged occurred. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $2,000 | Two trees down in the city of whitesburg . |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $1,000 | Tree and powerlines downed along hwy 5 west of Whitesburg. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $1,000 | Carroll county 911 reported trees and power lines down. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $1,000 | no account filed |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $500 | The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported that a couple of trees were blown down in the Whitesburg area. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $500 | The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported that a couple of trees were blown down in Whitesburg. |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $500 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | $250 | The Carroll County Emergency Manager reported a tree down. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Whitesburg | - | Two trees down near the intersection of Marchman Rd and Pittman Rd. |
| March 2015 | Hail | Whitesburg | - | The public reported nickel sized hail near McIntosh Reserve Park. |
| January 2006 | Hail | Whitesburg | - | The Carroll County Emergency Management Director reported quarter-sized hail. |
| August 2003 | Hail | Whitesburg | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Whitesburg | - | The public reported quarter to dime size hail in Whitesburg and quarter size hail in Bowdon. |
| June 1999 | Hail | Whitesburg | - | The Whitesburg fire department reported dime size hail. |
| April 1997 | Hail | Whitesburg | - | no account filed |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Banning | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Banning Mills | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Byers Crossroads | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Dingler Crossroads | 3.7 miles | 16 | |
| Emily (historical) | 5.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cross Plains | 5.5 miles | 16 | |
| Clem | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Henley (historical) | 6.9 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Whitesburg | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2261671 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 325222. 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.