Farrar, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Shady Dale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30056. The Survey maps it on the Farrar quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Farrar quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Farrar between 1992 and 2020, burning about 586 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 12 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 | 98 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MORGAN-002 |
| 23 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Farrar: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Farrar in 6 storm reports between 1998 and 2011: 3 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrar | $7,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that many trees and power lines were down across the far northern portion of the county near the Morgan county line. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrar | $7,000 | The Jasper county Emergency Management Director reported that numerous trees and power lines were down at Farrar. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Farrar | $2,000 | The Jasper County 911 Center reported that at least a dozen trees were blown down across the county as thunderstorms moved across the county from north to south. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Farrar | - | The Jasper County 911 Center relayed reports of quarter-sized hail in the far northern part of the county near the Newton county line, west of Farrar. One tree was also blown down near the county line. |
| November 2002 | Hail | Farrar | - | The Jasper county Emergency Management Director reported golf ball size hail. |
| April 1998 | Hail | Farrar | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kelly | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Broughton | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Morrow | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Maxwell | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Shady Dale | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Machen | 5.4 miles | 11 | |
| Athon (historical) | 6.3 miles | 11 | |
| Calvin | 6.8 miles | 11 |
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 Farrar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q65069302 | 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 331702. 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.






