Restoration Services in Lilburn, Gwinnett County
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Lilburn: lightning, Sweetwater Creek and 1980s houses
Lilburn was founded in 1890 by the Seaboard Air Line Railway, which renamed the place then called McDaniel after its general superintendent, Lilburn Trigg Myers of Virginia. The town was incorporated on July 27, 1910, and a fire and hard times in the 1920s ended its early prosperity. U.S. Route 29, Lawrenceville Highway, runs through the center of town, 19 miles from downtown Atlanta and 11 miles from Lawrenceville. The city covers 6.4 square miles in western Gwinnett County, had 14,502 residents at the 2020 Census, and is home to the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and a growing Greenway Trail. Its storm record leans heavily toward lightning, and its houses are mostly 1970s to 1990s construction.
A long list of lightning house fires
Attics and second floors
NOAA's Storm Events Database lists a long run of lightning-caused house fires in Lilburn. A two-story brick home took heavy attic, roof and contents damage in April 2002. Strikes on Rivermist Drive in March 2007 and Hambrick Drive in August 2010 damaged attics and second floors, and a June 2007 strike on Cross Creek Drive caused heavy attic damage.
Homes destroyed
Lightning destroyed a home on Meadow Way in June 2006. In April 2009 the roof collapsed in a lightning fire on Riverwalk Trail off Annistown Road and the home was lost, and in July 2010 a fire destroyed a single-story wood-frame house on Paisley Court. A May 2011 strike in the 5300 block of Candleberry Drive left extensive fire, smoke and water damage, especially to the roof and back of the home.
Downbursts, a tornado and Sweetwater Creek
April 2006: old oaks on Oak View Court
Northeast of Lilburn between Beaver Ruin and Pleasant Hill roads, 75- to 100-foot trees including several century-old oaks came down. Ten homes were damaged by falling trees and 35 residences had tree or minor non-structural damage.
June 2018: a 90 mph downburst to Snellville
A National Weather Service survey found a downburst with winds up to 90 mph along a path about 6 miles long and 2 miles wide from the Lilburn area to Snellville. Thirty-eight homes were damaged, 12 of them majorly and 2 destroyed, mostly by falling trees; the worst was in the Killian Hill Manor subdivision on Hale Drive SW and Cedar Wood Drive SW.
October 2020: an EF0 near Bethesda Park
An EF0 tornado with 80 mph winds and a 200-yard path ran 0.7 miles across northeast Lilburn from just west of Bethesda Park, snapping trees between Oak Park Drive NW and Sweetwater Drive and dropping several onto homes before crossing Lawrenceville Highway.
The Club Drive gage
The USGS gage on Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive has an 11-foot flood stage. It crested at 11.5 feet in July 2013 and 13.4 feet in June 2017, flooding parts of the Northwood Country Club course upstream. Heavy rain has also flooded Lawrenceville Highway in Lilburn and Beaver Ruin Road at Burns Road. In June 2015 drainage branches of Sweetwater Creek and the Yellow River near Lilburn overflowed onto some roads.
Recent trees and a snowfall
A tree came down at Oneta Drive and Williams Road in February 2024. In March 2010 the county 911 center reported about 2 inches of snow in the Lilburn and Buford areas against a countywide average of about 0.75 inches.
Lilburn: where each kind of damage is covered
After a lightning strike
- Fire damage restoration — Attic and roof fire repair, smoke cleanup and rebuild.
- Water damage restoration — Drying out after the fire hoses or a leak.
- Insurance claims — Building, contents and living-expense coverage.
After wind or a falling tree
- Storm damage repair — Roof, siding and framing hit by trees.
- Storm restoration in Gwinnett — County storm page.
- Water damage in Gwinnett — County water page.
Nearby hubs
- Snellville — Where the 2018 downburst path ended.
- Stone Mountain — Across the line in DeKalb.
- Tucker — Another DeKalb hub.
- Gwinnett areas — Every Gwinnett hub.
Lilburn home struck by lightning or a tree? Call (404) 913-3030 to go over the damage.
Lilburn housing and utility facts
Three decades of construction
The 2020–2024 American Community Survey counts about 5,290 housing units with a median year built of 1988. About 30% were built in the 1980s, 24% in the 1990s and 20% in the 1970s, roughly 74% from 1970 through 1999. Have the age of the roof, wiring and plumbing at hand; adjusters ask about them on houses this age.
Gas heat is the norm
Utility gas heats about 62% of Lilburn homes and electricity about 36%. After a lightning fire or a tree strike near the meter, leave the house and call the gas provider from a safe distance.
Mostly owner-occupied detached houses
About 71% of units are detached houses and about 61% of occupied homes are owner-occupied, with a median of 5.6 rooms and a median owner-estimated value near $329,700.
Digging and flood zones
Georgia 811 asks anyone digging to contact 811 first, including when a fallen tree's root ball has to come out. FEMA's Map Service Center shows whether an address near Sweetwater Creek or the Yellow River tributaries is in a mapped flood zone.
Old Town and the Greenway
Lilburn's downtown has been rebuilt around a new city hall and library, with Main Street's intersection with US 29 rerouted, miles of Greenway Trail paths and the reconstructed early-1900s Prohibition Trail Bridges. The Old Town district holds the original historic area.
Sources for the local facts on this page
- Wikipedia: Lilburn, Georgia (1890 founding, name, 1910 incorporation, US 29, area, landmarks, 2020 Census)
- Census Reporter: Lilburn, GA housing units, tenure and year built, ACS 2024 5-year
- Census Reporter: Lilburn heating fuel (B25040), ACS 2024 5-year
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 5283957: Apr. 28, 2002 lightning fire, two-story brick home
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 5526799: June 7, 2006 lightning, Meadow Way
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 22259: Mar. 1, 2007 lightning, Rivermist Drive
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 45622: June 25, 2007 lightning, Cross Creek Drive
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 168100: Apr. 23, 2009 lightning, Riverwalk Trail
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 251870: July 26, 2010 lightning, Paisley Court
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 258355: Aug. 20, 2010 lightning, Hambrick Drive
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 316672: May 26, 2011 lightning, Candleberry Drive
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 5501985: Apr. 8, 2006 trees down, Oak View Court
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 763825: June 1, 2018 downburst, Lilburn to Snellville
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 919491: Oct. 10, 2020 EF0 tornado near Bethesda Park
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 468041: July 12, 2013 Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 710736: June 20, 2017 Sweetwater Creek crest 13.4 ft
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 5309043: July 2, 2002 flooding on Lawrenceville Highway
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 5421398: Aug. 12, 2004 Beaver Ruin Road flooding
- Georgia 811 (call before you dig)
- FEMA Flood Map Service Center (look up the flood zone for an address)
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 578349: June 24, 2015 creek branches over roads
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 1163583: Feb. 28, 2024 tree down, Oneta Drive
- NOAA NCEI Storm Events, event 219623: Mar. 2, 2010 snow in Lilburn
Restoration Services in Lilburn, Gwinnett County
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Lilburn homeowner questions
How common are lightning house fires in Lilburn?
NOAA's Storm Events Database records lightning fires at Lilburn homes in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010 and 2011, several of which destroyed the house or heavily damaged the attic and second floor.
What happened in the June 2018 Lilburn downburst?
A National Weather Service survey found winds up to 90 mph along a path about 6 miles long and 2 miles wide from Lilburn to Snellville. Thirty-eight homes were damaged, mostly by falling trees, and 2 were destroyed.
When was Lilburn founded?
In 1890, by the Seaboard Air Line Railway, which named it for its general superintendent Lilburn Trigg Myers. The town was incorporated on July 27, 1910.