Yorkville, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Yorkville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30153. It stands on Rabbit Branch. The Survey maps it on the Yorkville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Yorkville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
406 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 406 fires within 5 miles of Yorkville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,721 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 167 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 167 |
| Debris and open burning | 143 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Natural | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-POLK-016 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 13 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Yorkville: 6 prospects, 4 past producers, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Gold, Manganese, Lead, Zinc. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helms Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Past Producer | Pyrite | |
| Mcgarrity Prospect | Gold, Lead, Zinc | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Silica Quarry No. 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| T.R. King Property | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Yorkville Mine | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Estes Property | Manganese | Unknown | 1919 | |
| King Property | Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| A Jones Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| C B Mcgarity Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| C D Allgood Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect |
Storms near this place
15 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yorkville in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2011 | Hail | Yorkville | $1,400,000 | The public observed golf ball-sized hail in the eastern part of Paulding county near Hiram and a cooperative observer reported quarter-sized hail near New Hope. This was the second severe thunderstorm to move across Paulding county this evening. WSR-88D radar data strongly suggested that hail of quarter-size or larger likely impacted a large portion of the county from Yorkville to Hiram. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $8,000 | The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down on Gold Mine Road near Lock Lear Circle. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $7,000 | The Paulding County Emergency Management Director reported that up to 60 trees were down across the county. No structural damage was reported. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $5,000 | The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported trees and powerlines blown down from southwest of Yorkville on Jackson Farms Drive to just north of Yorkville around the intersection of Crossroads Church Road and Highway 101. |
| December 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $5,000 | An amateur radio operator reported multiple trees blown down. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $1,000 | Tree down near intersection of Crossroads Church Rd and Winterville Dr. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree blocking Gold Mine Road near Hwy 101. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down in roadway along Hwy 101 near N Browntown Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $1,000 | Emergency Manager reported a tree down across the roadway near the intersection of Old Brock Rd and Gold Mine Rd. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | $500 | no account filed |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yorkville | - | The emergency manager reported a down stop sign at the intersection of highway 101 n and Gold Mine Road. |
| July 2017 | Hail | Yorkville | - | The public reported quarter size hail. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Yorkville | - | The public observed quarter-sized hail from the west central part of the county near Yorkville to the central part of the county, just northwest of Dallas. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Yorkville | - | The public observed penny-sized hail in western Paulding county. |
| June 2006 | Hail | Yorkville | - | The public reported quarter-sized hail west of Dallas between Dallas and Yorkville and penny-sized hail in New Hope. |
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.
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 Yorkville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q30594420 | 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 333485. 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.









