Habersham Station, 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 Lick Log Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Habersham Station within Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

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

Fires near this place

276 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Habersham Station (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 375 acres in total. 5 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	183
Arson/incendiarism	26
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Misuse of fire by a minor	11
Smoking	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Natural	5
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
10 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
9 August 1997	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 August 2008	Debris and open burning	1.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Habersham Station (historical): 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Gold, Kyanite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence	Kyanite	Past Producer	1932
H. Woods	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Piedmont College Farm	Iron	Past Producer	Residual
Habersham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Habersham Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Past Producer
Stamborough Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer

Every working recorded in Habersham 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bert (historical)	1.2 miles	18
Hills	1.2 miles	18
Habersham	1.4 miles	18
Clarkesville	1.7 miles	18
Demorest	1.7 miles	18
Soquee (historical)	2.2 miles	18
Shorts Mill	2.4 miles	18
Pardue Mill	2.8 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351391. 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.