Youth, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Loganville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30052. The Survey maps it on the Between quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Between quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
185 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 185 fires within 5 miles of Youth between 1992 and 2017, burning about 400 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 26 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 | 96 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 23 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
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 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALTON-002 |
| 7 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALTON-004 |
| 6 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WALTON-002 |
| 26 September 1994 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WALTON-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Youth in 25 storm reports between 2010 and 2026: 21 thunderstorm wind, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Hail | Youth | $900,000 | The public reported hail the size of golf balls along Center Hill Church Road. |
| June 2021 | Lightning | Youth | $50,000 | The Walton County Emergency Manager reported a house fire caused by lightning. |
| June 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $15,000 | The Walton County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the western side of the county from Center Hill Church Road to Cannon Farm Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $10,000 | Numerous trees and powerpoles down in the area between Randy Poynter Reservoir and Walnut Grove. |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $10,000 | The Walton County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down onto a house on New Horizon Drive. No injuries were reported. |
| February 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $10,000 | The Walton County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down across the northern portion of the county from Walnut Grove and Loganville to Monroe and Gratis. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $8,000 | The Walton County 911 center reported trees blown down from Sandy Creek Road and McCullers Road southwest of Loganville to Bullock Bridge Road northeast of Loganville. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $2,000 | Tree and powerlines down on northeast side of Walnut Grove between GA139 and Leone Ave. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $2,000 | Couple of trees down near Greystone Ct and Greystone Dr. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $1,000 | Emergency manager reports tree down near the intersection of center hill church road and gum creek lane. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $1,000 | Em reports tree down at steward lake rd and stewart rd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $1,000 | Tree and wires down near the intersection of Gum Creek Church Road and Center Hill Church Road. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $1,000 | Power line downed on Wagon Trl off of Hwy 81. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $1,000 | Report of tree downed in roadway at Miller Bottom Rd and S Sharon Church Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported tree down at the intersection of Thompson Mill and Broadnax Mill roads, closing Thompson Mill. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Tree and powerlines down near intersection of Broadnax Mill and Youth Jersey Rd. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Tree down on home near intersection of River Falls View and Stewart Rd. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Report of trees and powerlines down near intersection of Hwy 81 and Robertson Rd. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Report of couple trees down on Youth Jersey Rd near intersections with Corinth Rd and Robertson Rd. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Tree and powerlines down near intersection of Stewart Rd and Broadnax Mill Rd. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Report of powerline down along Sandy Creek Rd between Sandy Creek Cir and Sandy Creek Ct. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Emergency manager reported a tree fell on power pole, snapping it and bringing lines down onto front porch of home along the 5000 block of Center Hill Church Rd. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Youth | - | Trees were downed onto two cars in the Youth Monroe Rd area. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Youth | - | The public reported hail the size of quarters at the Cedar Lakes Golf Club. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Youth | - | A CoCoRaHS observer reported quarter-sized hail just south of Loganville near Between in the western part of Walton county. The hail completely covered the ground and because of near freezing temperatures that followed subsequently as a cold front passed through the area, much of the hail remained on the ground overnight and into the next morning. Ground accumulation of hail was observed across a near 7-mile long stretch of road in this area the next morning. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walnut Grove | 3.0 miles | 17 | |
| Split Silk | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Between | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Overlook Point | 4.1 miles | 16 | |
| Loganville | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Alcovy Mountain | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Jersey | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Windsor | 6.6 miles | 18 |
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 Youth | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65053024 | 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 333488. 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.
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.







