Hickory Flat, GA

Water Damage in Hickory Flat, GA: Homes Built in the 2000s

Hickory Flat is a crossroads community, not a city, and the county's own report finds that nearly half of its homes were built between 2000 and 2009. That points to a particular set of questions for a wet house: who supplies the water, whether a sewer line reaches the lot, and which government covers the street. The flooded basement page covers the lower level. Call (678) 658-3988 when the room is safe.

Call (678) 658-3988

Hickory Flat in six figures

3,299 acresthe county's Hickory Flat target area, about 5.15 square milesCherokee County report, April 2018
97.5%of housing single-family detachedCherokee County report
46%of housing built 2000-2009Cherokee County report
1990sthe decade sewer became availableCherokee County report
53.54 inrain in a year, adding the twelve monthly normalsNOAA 1991-2020, Holly Springs 1.0 NNE station
77.3%of Cherokee County homes owner-occupied, 2020-2024Census Bureau QuickFacts

Details that speed the first conversation

Say this first

Give the street address and the nearest crossroads. Say whether a public sewer line or a septic tank serves the house, and who sends the water bill. Then describe the wet room and the first time you noticed water. Renters: the owner or property manager is the first call, and the line serves owners and landlords.

A gauge a few miles west, in Holly Springs

The nearest station in NOAA's normals set is a rain gauge 1.0 mile north-northeast of Holly Springs, at 34.1851 north, 84.4896 west, about four miles west of the Hickory Flat crossroads. Its twelve monthly figures add up to 53.54 inches. March is highest at 5.13, July follows at 5.04, and October is lowest at 3.62. The record pulled for that station holds monthly rain totals and nothing else.

Offices that answer here

Most of the target area is unincorporated, so the Cherokee County Development Service Center, (770) 721-7810, is the first desk. Its residential page lists renovations, additions and basement finishes among permit work, and its service-permit page covers plumbing, electrical and HVAC trades, with a $50 permit fee listed. The report says Holly Springs has annexed parts of the area, so a street can sit inside that city's limits; ask the county or the city which one applies.

Water and sewer outside any city is the Cherokee County Water and Sewerage Authority, 770-479-1813. The county FAQ sends septic questions to the health district's Environmental Health office at 770-479-0444. The offices page lists these with the other four places.

Canton street of brick-and-stone homes with three-car garages

The houses in this town

Cherokee County's April 2018 draft target-area report covers 3,299 acres, about 5.15 square miles, around State Route 140, East Cherokee Drive and Hickory Road. It counts 97.5 percent of the housing as single-family detached and says 46 percent was built between 2000 and 2009, with sewer arriving in the 1990s. It also notes that Holly Springs has annexed well into the area. The report gives no median build year and no renter share. For the county as a whole, the Census Bureau's 2020-2024 estimate has 77.3 percent of homes owner-occupied.

Hickory Flat Academy, the library and Fire Station 23

Wikipedia says Hickory Flat Academy was begun in 1838 and lists the Hickory Flat Public Library. The county report places Sequoyah Park in the area, puts Fire Station 23 and the Sheriff's Office Hickory Flat precinct on Vaughn Road, and names Northside Hospital as under construction on SR 140 when it was written.

Places served

Call (678) 658-3988

Side notes

Checked 1 Nov 2026