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Haasville, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1997. It stands in the Atlanta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30354. The Survey maps it on the Southwest Atlanta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Haasville within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

44 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 44 fires within 5 miles of Haasville (historical) between 1992 and 2016, burning about 154 acres in total. None started naturally. 21 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
Arson/incendiarism21
Smoking6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony3
Debris and open burning3
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
6 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CLAYTON-001
22 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2007Smoking1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 August 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1999Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 1995Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 August 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 July 2000Misuse of fire by a minor2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-CLAYTON-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton 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 Haasville (historical): 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Forest Park QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Fulton 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
Plunket Town0.2 miles23
Gilbert Gardens0.6 miles23
Hapeville1.2 miles23
Blair Village1.3 miles21
Doral Park1.7 miles21
Hammond Park1.9 miles23
Orchard Knob1.9 miles23
Eagan Park2.3 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1704929. 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.