BlockHarts, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gibson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30810. The Survey maps it on the Bastonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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 Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bastonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
241 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 241 fires within 5 miles of Harts between 1992 and 2019, burning about 841 acres in total. 19 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 | 143 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 18 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WARREN-004 |
| 25 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WARREN-004 |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-GLASCOCK-002 |
| 28 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harts: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Huber Mine | Kaolin | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harts in 2 storm reports between 2005 and 2011: 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 2011 | Flood | Harts | $8,000 | The Glascock County Emergency Management Director reported that heavy rainfall on the order of five to six inches in a two to three hour period across southern Warren and northern Glascock county had resulted in excessive runoff from Beechtree Branch Creek. The creek flooded and washed out a culvert on Log Cabin Road, a dirt road in the far northeastern part of the county near the Warren county line. |
| December 2005 | Hail | Harts | $1,000 | The Glascock County 911 Center reported golf ball-sized hail at the intersection of Georgia Highway 171 and Johnson's Mill Road, west of Harts and near the Warren county border. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bastonville | 1.6 miles | 9 | |
| David (historical) | 5.2 miles | 15 | |
| Five Points | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Hadden | 5.8 miles | 15 | |
| Gibson | 6.1 miles | 9 | |
| Blume | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Mitchell | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Edgehill | 11.9 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331922. 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.