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Harrisburg, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the LaFayette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30728. It stands on Harrisburg Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dougherty Gap quadrangle.

Harrisburg within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 24 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

310 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 310 fires within 5 miles of Harrisburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,808 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 128 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 burning153
Arson/incendiarism128
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use6
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2016Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATTOOGA-011
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHATTOOGA-003
29 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Harrisburg: 7 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dallas York Tripoli MineStonePast Producer
Armington MineAluminumPast Producer
Hawkins MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Neal MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Shinbone Ridge-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Hawkins1.2 miles19
Center Post2.3 miles19
Mahan (historical)4.7 miles25
Martindale5.1 miles19
Bronco5.4 miles25
Oakton5.5 miles19
Guild (historical)5.6 miles25
Walnut Grove6.1 miles25

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331918. 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.