Habersham, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30535. It stands on Hazel Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarkesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Photographs
8 of 12 photographs shown, 2017Taken 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.
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Highsmith, Carol M, 2017. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Habersham County
Fires near this place
260 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 260 fires within 5 miles of Habersham between 1992 and 2020, burning about 388 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 26 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 | 173 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 26 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Natural | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2002 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HABERSHAM-008 |
| 29 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-HABERSHAM-001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Habersham: 5 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence | Kyanite | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Piedmont College Farm | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Chatman Estate | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Elrod, T. | Gold | Prospect | Placer | |
| H. Woods | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stamborough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Habersham in 4 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Habersham | 3 hurt | Windows were blown out of a mobile home in Habersham. |
| December 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Habersham | $15,000 | Fire dept reported several trees blown down around Clarkesville and vicinity, with one tree down on the fire station. At Least one business outside of town had roof damage. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Habersham | - | County comms reported a few trees blown down west of Clarkesville. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Habersham | - | Flash flooding was reported from Demorest to Mt. Airy. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bert (historical) | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Pardue Mill | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Habersham Station (historical) | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Demorest | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Hills | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Clarkesville | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Soquee (historical) | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Fairview | 2.9 miles | 18 |
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 Habersham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60789174 | 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 356130. 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.







