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Habersham, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Tucker census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30341. It stands on Northwoods Creek. The Survey maps it on the Norcross quadrangle.

Habersham within DeKalb County

On record in Habersham

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 21 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.

Photographs

5 photographs, 1940 to 1941

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia. NYA training center
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia. NYA training center
Wright, Barbara, photographer, 1940. Library of Congress
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia. NYA youth learning modern incubator techniques from a local farmer
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia. NYA youth learning modern incubator techniques from a local farmer
Wright, Barbara, photographer, 1941. Library of Congress
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Sawmill in Georgia. Habersham vicinity
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Sawmill in Georgia. Habersham vicinity
Wright, Barbara, photographer, 1940. Library of Congress
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright. National Youth Administration (NYA), Works Progress Administration (WPA) and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Habersham, Georgia
Wright, Barbara, photographer, 1941. Library of Congress
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Mountaineers' cabin near Habersham, Georgia
Miscellaneous lot of photographs by Barbara Wright, e.g. University of Virginia, Franconia, New Hampshire, Maine. Mountaineers' cabin near Habersham, Georgia
Wright, Barbara, photographer, 1940. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

32 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Habersham between 1992 and 2005, burning about 79 acres in total. None started naturally. 17 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/incendiarism17
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Debris and open burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
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
15 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 1993Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 August 1993Recreation and ceremony1.6 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 August 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 August 1995Arson/incendiarism1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 July 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 July 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 1993Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in DeKalb 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
Embry Hills0.9 miles21
Pittsburg1.1 miles21
Tucker2.1 miles24
Cambridge Square2.4 miles21
Northwoods2.5 miles21
Sterling Acres2.6 miles24
Doraville2.7 miles21
Buchanan (historical)2.8 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687266. 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.