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Yatesville, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in The Rock-Yatesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31097. The Survey maps it on the Yatesville quadrangle. 394 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 797 feet above sea level.

Yatesville within Upson County

Population over time

3 figures

Yatesville fell from 408 to 394 between 2000 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
2000408
2010357-51 (-12%)
2020394+37 (+10%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Yatesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 668 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 29 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 burning104
Arson/incendiarism29
Equipment and vehicle use24
Natural16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Recreation and ceremony4
Smoking3
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-UPSON-004
5 September 2006Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON002
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MONROE003
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-011
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism6.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 27 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 27 workings within 5 miles of Yatesville: 15 past producers, 9 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. 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
Adams MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Herron MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Battles MineMicaPast Producer
Carter MineMicaPast Producer
Charlie Nims MineMicaPast Producer
Chatfield MineMicaPast Producer
Cliff Middlebrooks DepositMicaOccurrence
Colbert MineMicaPast Producer
Haygood ProspectMicaProspect
Helen Mcdonald ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Upson County

Storms near this place

12 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yatesville in 12 storm reports between 2001 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2014Thunderstorm WindYatesville$5,000The Upson County 911 Center reported numerous trees down. 280 customers were without power.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindYatesville$3,000The Upson County 911 center reported trees blown down on Rock Quarry Road near the Monroe County line.
March 2007Thunderstorm WindYatesville$3,000The Upson County 911 Center reported that numerous trees were down in the Yatesville area.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYatesville$2,000Two trees down along magnolia circle and magnolia drive.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindYatesville$2,000The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that three trees and two power lines were down in the Yatesville area.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindYatesville$1,500The Upson County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down in the Yatesville area of eastern Upson County.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindYatesville$1,000Em reports tree down at rock quarry rd and yatesville hwy.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindYatesville$1,000Two trees down along pine grove road.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindYatesville$1,000The Upson County 911 Center reported that three to four trees were blown down in the Yatesville area.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindYatesville$1,000An amateur radio operator reported that a few trees were blown down, one on Georgia Highway 74.
September 2004Tornado (F0)Yatesville$500The Upson County Emergency Management Director reported that a short-lived and weak F0 tornado, associated with the remnants of Tropical Storm Ivan, touched down in extreme northeast Upson county near the Lamar county line. The tornado occurred in a rural area and as a result, only a few trees were damaged. There was a convergent pattern evident in the damage consistent with a tornado. Doppler radar also supported a tornadic circulation in this area.
March 2023Flash FloodYatesville-The Emergency Manager reported Morgan Road closed due to flash flooding. This area also experienced flooding the day prior. In the 36-hours prior to the event, 6 to 8 inches of rainfall had fallen, with another 1.5 to 2 inches occurring on March 27, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Upson 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
Rest Haven3.8 miles10
Logtown5.0 miles10
Topeka Junction5.5 miles10
The Rock6.3 miles10
Blacksboro (historical)6.5 miles12
Redbone Crossroads6.7 miles12
Dog Crossing7.8 miles12
McKinney8.0 miles12

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 YatesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2481546The 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 325604. 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.