Harrison, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Broad River census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30662. The Survey maps it on the Bowman quadrangle.

Harrison within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Danielsville quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:24000
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

186 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 186 fires within 5 miles of Harrison between 1992 and 2019, burning about 328 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 17 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	94
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Arson/incendiarism	17
Smoking	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	11
Natural	7
Misuse of fire by a minor	5
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
5 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-HART-007
4 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 1997	Smoking	4.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2005	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-HART-006
17 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020ELBERT003
14 September 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-ELBERT-007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Harrison: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Coneross River Mine	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Ginn Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer
Ginn Placer	Gold	Past Producer	Stream Placer

Every working recorded in Madison 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
Madison Springs	2.7 miles	15
Bond	3.5 miles	15
Phillips	3.5 miles	15
Dalton	4.1 miles	15
Transco	4.5 miles	15
James Spring (historical)	4.7 miles	15
Bluestone	4.9 miles	15
Cedar Grove	5.1 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356207. 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.