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Zebulon, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Zebulon census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30295. It stands on Lewis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Zebulon quadrangle. 1,225 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 860 feet above sea level.

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Zebulon within Pike County

On record in Zebulon

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 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Zebulon grew from 1,174 to 1,225 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
20101,174
20201,225+51 (+4%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

249 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Zebulon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 553 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 burning165
Arson/incendiarism24
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7

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 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PIKE002
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PIKE003
21 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-PIKE-001
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Zebulon: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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
W.M.Hartley PropertyManganese, IronProspect

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

27 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Zebulon in 27 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 3 lightning, 1 tornado. 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
October 1998LightningZebulon$300,000Fire set by lightning destroyed a large home on County Line Road in northeast Pike county. Most of the family's belongings were also lost.
July 2024LightningZebulon$100,000Zebulon UMC caught fire due to lightning strike. Building is a total loss.
June 2016Thunderstorm WindZebulon$50,000The Pike County Emergency Manager reported numerous, over 50, trees blown down across the eastern portion of the county from around Zebulon to Meansville and the Lamar County line. Damage was reported along and between Highways 18 and 109.
October 1997LightningZebulon$50,000Lightning set fire to a home on the east side of Zebulon. Firefighters battled the blaze for five hours, but the house was a total loss.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindZebulon$50,000Downburst winds from a thunderstorm downed a few small tennant buildings, ripped plywood and roofing material off a church roof, along with numerous trees along a 1-mile-wide swath in Zebulon.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindZebulon$25,000The Pike county sheriff's office reported trees down and some damage to houses, mostly to roofs.
April 2000Tornado (F1)Zebulon$15,000Sight survey by NWS employees, together with newspaper and public reports, confirmed an F0 to F1 tornado touched down in northeastern PIke county near the intersection of Gresham Road and Kendrick Road. It crossed the extreme northwest corner of Lamar county and moved into extreme southeast Spalding county before lifting. The storm path had a total length of approximately 7.5 miles and an average width of 50 yards, but was occasionally as wide as 100 yards. Four homes sustained damage. Most observed damage was shingles blown off roofs or fallen trees and limbs on houses.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindZebulon$5,000Multiple trees reported down along hwy 19 and hwy 18 out of zebulon.
July 1994Thunderstorm WindZebulon$5,000Thunderstorm winds greater than 55 mph, accompanied by small hail, damaged several homes and historical buildings within Zebulon. Numerous tree limbs and power lines were also downed.
July 2018Thunderstorm WindZebulon$4,000The Pike County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown around the intersection of Concord Street and Pope Street.
December 2024Thunderstorm WindZebulon$1,000A tree was downed on Barnesville Street in Zebulon.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindZebulon$1,000Thunderstorm winds knocked some trees down.
May 1997Thunderstorm WindZebulon$1,000Several trees were downed.
April 2005Thunderstorm WindZebulon$500The Pike County 911 Center reported that a couple of trees were blown down.
July 2002Thunderstorm WindZebulon$500The Pike county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindZebulon$500Seven large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds along county roads.
July 2022Thunderstorm WindZebulon-EM Report of several trees down within the Zebulon city limits.
March 2009HailZebulon-The public observed penny-sized hail southwest of Zebulon. At one location, the hail lasted for approximately two minutes.
May 2003HailZebulon-The public reported penny-sized hail in Zebulon.
April 2002HailZebulon-The public reported nickel size hail.
March 2001FloodZebulon-The Pike county 911 center reported that two roads were flooded in the county. Campground Road was reported to be impassable.
April 1999HailZebulon-Two public reports indicated dime size hail fell in Zebulon.
May 1999HailZebulon-The public reported golfball size hail.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindZebulon-Thunderstorm winds knocked down several powerlines and numerous large trees.
June 1998HailZebulon-no account filed
May 1997HailZebulon-no account filed
April 1997HailZebulon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Weaver (historical)2.4 miles9
Smiths Chapel2.7 miles9
Jolly2.9 miles9
Reidsboro3.3 miles9
Bottoms3.7 miles9
Old Newnan (historical)3.8 miles9
Meansville4.1 miles9
Lifsey4.8 miles9

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 ZebulonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q169530The 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 333493. 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.