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Wrens, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Wrens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30833. The Survey maps it on the Wrens quadrangle. 2,217 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 407 feet above sea level.

Wrens within Jefferson County

Population over time

2 figures

Wrens grew from 2,187 to 2,217 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.

YearPeople Change
20102,187
20202,217+30 (+1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

341 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 341 fires within 5 miles of Wrens between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,028 acres in total. 24 started naturally. 14 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 burning197
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural24
Misuse of fire by a minor17
Smoking15
Arson/incendiarism14
Railroad operations and maintenance14
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2016Debris and open burning3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-JEFFERSON-009
23 September 1996Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021JEFFERSON005
17 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-JEFFERSON-007
15 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019JEFFERSON005
15 September 2011Debris and open burning57 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-JEFFERSON-026

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wrens: 2 producers, 2 occurrences. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, 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
Norton PitIronOccurrence
Reedy Creek MineKaolinOccurrence
Palmer MillClayProducer
Wrens Mine Ga-Tenn MiningClayProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson County

Storms near this place

24 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wrens in 24 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 15 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 5 injuries. 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
March 1996Tornado (F1)Wrens5 hurt, $1,000,000no account filed
March 2008Tornado (EF2)Wrens$500,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched down in northern Jefferson county. The tornado touched down approximately one mile northwest of Wrens and traveled east a little less than nine miles across northeastern Jefferson county and the town of Matthews, before crossing into Burke county just south of the town of Keysville. The tornado continued on the ground an additional eight to nine miles into Burke county before finally lifting near the Applewood County Club in Burke county. The total tornado path length was 19 miles. The maximum path width was one-quarter mile and maximum sustained winds were estimated at 120 mph. The most significant damage occurred in Matthews, where several mobile homes were destroyed. Two businesses in Wrens were destroyed and several others sustained damage. A church and an elementary school, and several homes in Wrens also suffered at least minor damage from wind and numerous downed trees. ficant roof damage. No serious injuries or fatalities were reported from this tornado.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindWrens$120,000The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported that numerous trees and power lines were blown down between Wrens and Louisville. Two houses had trees fall on them; on had minor and the other had major damage. Up to 22 roads were blocked by falling trees.
July 2008HailWrens$80,000The public observed golf ball-sized hail in Wrens. Radar supports that large hail of similar size likely fell across a good portion of northeast Jefferson county.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindWrens$60,000no account filed
September 2020Flash FloodWrens$30,000The Emergency Manager reported flood water from a nearby creek inundated an apartment building, displacing 6 families. Radar estimates indicate that 5 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding.
October 2004Thunderstorm WindWrens$30,000The Jefferson County Emergency Management Director reported that numerous trees and power lines were down from Wrens to Mathews. Parts of U.S. Highway 1 and Georgia Highways 80, 88, and 17 were blocked by downed trees and power lines. Several locations also suffered structural damage. The roof was blown off an auto parts store. A Huddle House restaurant lost its canopy and several windows from the strong wind gusts. A mobile home was destroyed when a large oak tree split it in half and another site-built home was damaged when a large tree fell on it.
August 1999LightningWrens$10,000Lightning caused a fire that spread throughout the attic of a home on North Main Street. There was damage to the roof and its support above several rooms.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindWrens$8,000The Jefferson County 911 center reported a few trees and power lines blown down from Wrens to Louisville.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindWrens$5,000Jefferson county 911 reported trees and power lines down. A newspaper reported the wind blew over a gas pump at a convenience store in Wrens. Some roofing was also ripped away at an auto parts store about a mile to the south.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWrens$5,000Jefferson county 911 reported trees and power lines down at 3 different locations between Wrens and Louisville.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindWrens$3,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees and a couple of power lines were down along Gamble School Road, southwest of Wrens.
August 2007Thunderstorm WindWrens$2,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that several trees were down near and just east of Wrens.
July 1997Thunderstorm WindWrens$2,000Several trees were knocked down on Old Cornith Road by thunderstorm winds.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWrens$2,000no account filed
May 2014Thunderstorm WindWrens$1,000The Jefferson County 911 Center reported that two power lines were blown down at houses along Hill Street.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindWrens$1,000The Wrens police department reported trees down and power outages.
July 1995Thunderstorm WindWrens$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees and powerlines across northern portions of Jefferson County between Wrens and Louisville.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindWrens$500The Jefferson County Emergency Management Director reported that one large tree limb was blown down onto a power line.
January 2014Thunderstorm WindWrens$250The Jefferson County Emergency Manager reported a tree down in Wrens.
May 2013HailWrens-The public reported nickel sized hail in Wrens.
September 2011HailWrens-The Macon television media relayed reports of nickel-sized hail around Wrens.
April 2003HailWrens-The Wrens Police Department reported quarter-sized hail.
July 2002HailWrens-The Wrens police department reported golf ball size hail.

Every storm recorded in Jefferson 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
Wrens Station1.1 miles16
Brinson Crossing1.7 miles16
Stellaville3.4 miles16
Zebina3.6 miles16
Stapleton4.1 miles16
Matthews4.5 miles16
Noah5.6 miles16
Padgett Crossing (historical)7.0 miles16

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 WrensAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2140189The 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 333472. 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.