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Habersham, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cartersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30121. It lies near Johnson Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Cartersville quadrangle.

Habersham within Bartow County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 19 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

352 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 352 fires within 5 miles of Habersham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,272 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 140 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/incendiarism140
Debris and open burning124
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use22
Misuse of fire by a minor22
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural7
Railroad operations and maintenance7
Smoking1

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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2005Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-BARTOW-019
5 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-BARTOW-027
21 September 2019Debris and open burning26 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BARTOW006

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bartow County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 167 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 167 workings within 5 miles of Habersham: 95 occurrences, 37 past producers, 33 unknowns, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Iron, Manganese, Barium-Barite. 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
Conasauga No. 1 MineStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Felton MineIron, SulfurPast Producer
Gemes Mine CartersvilleCobalt, ManganesePast Producer1908
Georgia Art Pottery Co PitsClayPast Producer
VaughnManganese, CobaltPast Producer
Big SpringManganese, IronUnknown1919
Lots 191 and 242Manganese, IronUnknown1954
BeardenManganese, Cobalt, NickelUnknownResidual
Cartervile Distr.-CBarium-Barite, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
GemesManganese, Cobalt, NickelProducerWeathering Residual

Every working recorded in Bartow 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
Interchange Village1.4 miles19
Grassdale1.7 miles19
McCallie1.8 miles19
Walker Hills2.0 miles19
County Manor2.1 miles19
Five Forks2.2 miles19
Oakland Heights2.5 miles19
Saddle Ridge Estates2.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334284. 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.