BlockHarp, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Fayetteville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30215. The Survey maps it on the Fayetteville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Fayetteville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Harp between 1992 and 2019, burning about 137 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-FAYETTE-001 |
| 5 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 July 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 July 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CLAYTON001 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harp in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 lightning, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2012 | Lightning | Harp | 8 hurt, $1,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager relayed a report of a house being struck by lightning on Hilo Road. The house was damaged in the small fire that resulted. The family was sitting under an awning, and eight people were transported to the hospital with minor injuries. |
| July 2011 | Lightning | Harp | $300,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home on Littlefield Court on the east side of Fayetteville. The home was considered a total loss from the resulting fire. |
| June 2008 | Lightning | Harp | $100,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck and set on fire a 4000 square foot home in the Harbor Lakes subdivision off Antioch Road, approximately three miles south-southeast of Fayetteville. The fire was contained before the home was completely destroyed. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Harp | $6,000 | Around 3.5 inches of rain in less than 3 hours caused a pond to overflow Sunset Blvd. Rapidly flowing water caused severe erosion and dug a six foot deep hole in front of a culvert pipe on Grandchester Way. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harp | $3,000 | The Fayette County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down from Marron Road southeast of Fayetteville to Woolsey around the intersection of Hampton Road and Woolsey Park Drive. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harp | $1,000 | A few trees downed near the intersection of highway 92 and hilo road. A few trees were also snapped. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keyland Woods | 0.3 miles | 10 | |
| Chandler Acres | 0.7 miles | 10 | |
| Windsor Estates | 0.9 miles | 10 | |
| Huntington South | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Kingswood | 1.0 miles | 10 | |
| Shannon | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Chanticleer | 1.4 miles | 10 | |
| Marion | 1.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326323. 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.
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.