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Harvest, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It lies near Yellowbank Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville NE quadrangle.

Harvest within Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Harvest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 457 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 25 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 burning154
Arson/incendiarism25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural5

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
7 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1998Debris and open burning1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HABERSHAM-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham 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 Harvest: 5 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Kyanite. 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
Clarksville District Kyn OccurrenceKyanitePast Producer1932
Habersham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stamborough QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bell Davis PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Chatman EstateGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Elrod, T.GoldProspectPlacer
Twiner/T.G. EdwardsGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Habersham County

Storms near this place

5 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harvest in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015Thunderstorm WindHarvest$10,000County comms reported multiple trees and power lines blown down throughout Habersham County and roof damage to a government office in Clarkesville.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHarvest-County comms reported a smattering of trees and power lines blown down in Clarkesville and vicinity.
April 2021HailHarvest-Public reported 3/4 inch hail at the intersection of Heyden Ridge Dr and Stonepile Rd.
June 2015HailHarvest-Public reported dime to quarter size hail on Majestic Way.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHarvest-Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the county.

Every storm recorded in Habersham 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
Fairview1.8 miles18
Pardue Mill2.6 miles18
Aerial3.3 miles20
Habersham3.6 miles18
Mauldins (historical)3.6 miles20
Bert (historical)3.6 miles18
Soquee (historical)4.1 miles18
College Park4.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 328084. 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.