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Haney, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cave Spring census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30124. The Survey maps it on the Indian Mountain quadrangle.

Haney within Floyd County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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.

Fires near this place

333 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 333 fires within 5 miles of Haney between 1992 and 2020, burning about 7,766 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 216 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/incendiarism216
Debris and open burning65
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural15
Equipment and vehicle use7
Recreation and ceremony3
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 2002Debris and open burning20 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-009
7 September 2005Arson/incendiarism37 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1993Arson/incendiarism31 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2005Arson/incendiarism15 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism18 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarism13 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1993Arson/incendiarism11 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-FLOYD-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Floyd County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 77 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 77 workings within 5 miles of Haney: 45 past producers, 14 unknowns, 9 prospects, 9 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Manganese, Kaolin. 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
Gorman ProspectsCobalt, Iron, ManganesePast Producer1930
MccollumManganese, Nickel, CobaltUnknownResidual
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, Cobalt, IronPast Producer1938
Alabama Company PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer1874, 1918
Mccollum Prospect Cave SpringCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
North of Bluffington DepositsCobalt, ManganeseOccurrence
Price Rowland DepositManganese, IronPast Producer1938
Price-Rowland ProspectManganese, IronPast ProducerResidual
Smith Iron DepositsIron, ManganesePast Producer1949
Central Rock Run AreaAluminum, Water, FreePast Producer1891

Every working recorded in Floyd County

Storms near this place

3 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haney in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2021: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 4 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2011Tornado (EF2)Haney4 hurt, $5,000,000A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the EF2 tornado that originated in Cherokee county, Alabama, then crossed into extreme northwest Polk county, Georgia, continued across southern Floyd county before crossing into and eventually lifting in southwest Bartow county. The tornado tracked entered Floyd county approximately 1.4 miles south of Cave Spring then moved to the Bartow county line approximately 7.6 miles east of Lindale. Within Floyd county, the tornado had a path length of just under 19 miles. The maximum path width remained at 1/2 mile with maximum winds estimated to be 125 mph. Several homes sustained minor to moderate damage along the path of the tornado, in addition to numerous downed trees and power lines. One home on Old Cedartown Road was completely destroyed. There were no fatalities reported in Floyd county, but four injuries occurred at the damaged homes.||The earlier morning damaging thunderstorm wind event and this tornado in Floyd county netted 105 destroyed homes, 60 with major damage, and an additional 44 homes with minor damage.||[04/27-04/28/11: Tornado #5, County #2-3, EF2, Polk-Floyd-Bartow, 2011:014].
June 2019Thunderstorm WindHaney$25,000The Floyd County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the county from around Cave Spring through east of Rome. Power lines were down across Highway 411 south of Cave Spring and near the intersection of Alfred Avenue SE and Pecan Street in Rome. Trees were blown down near the intersection of East 10th Street SE and Highland Avenue in Rome and near the intersection of Sproull Road SE and Kingston Highway east of Rome. A large tree was blown down onto a home in the 1100 block of Park Boulevard SE in Rome, no injuries were reported.
March 2021Flash FloodHaney-The transportation department reported all lanes closed at the intersection of GA Highway 53 and Buttermilk Road due to flooding. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall of 3 to 6 inches occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Floyd 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
Cave Spring4.7 miles18
Melson6.0 miles17
Vans Valley6.1 miles17
Foster Mills7.0 miles17
Chubbtown7.3 miles18
Yancey (historical)8.4 miles17
Landers (historical)8.4 miles17
Anniedelle9.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331905. 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.