BlockHarris City, Georgia
22 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30222. The Survey maps it on the Warm Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 22 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.
- 1907 USGS Talbotton quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1934 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Warm Springs quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
151 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 151 fires within 5 miles of Harris City between 1992 and 2020, burning about 454 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 18 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 | 82 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-MERIWETHER-005 |
| 31 August 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MERIWETHER-007 |
| 23 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 July 1992 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Harris City: 3 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harris City Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Snelson Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Cedar Rock Prospect | Granite | Occurrence | ||
| Greenville Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harris City in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Harris City | $8,000 | The Meriwether County 911 center reported multiple trees blown across the county. Some locations include: around the intersection of Highway 109 and Cedar Rock Road; Wallace Road; East Perry Street; and St. Marks Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnes Crossroads | 1.2 miles | 22 | |
| Crowders Crossing | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Snelsons Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 22 | |
| Hunters Crossroad | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Andrews Crossroads | 2.9 miles | 22 | |
| Greenville | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Raleigh | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Durand | 4.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356205. 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.