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Head River, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30731. It stands on Murray Branch. The Survey maps it on the Sulphur Springs quadrangle.

Head River within Dade County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 23 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

327 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 327 fires within 5 miles of Head River between 1992 and 2020, burning about 11,128 acres in total. None started naturally. 164 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
Arson/incendiarism164
Debris and open burning120
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Smoking1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning1.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1998Arson/incendiarism7.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WALKER004
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150902-002
19 September 1993Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionNOR-20150918-002
16 September 2010Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-DADE-011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dade County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Head River: 9 occurrences, 9 prospects, 8 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sulfur-Pyrite. 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
Unnamed ProspectSulfur-PyriteProspect
Bibble MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Blake's Mine Et Al.IronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.C.Mcelroy ProspectIronOccurrence
Ragon Mining Co. Battelle AreaIronPast ProducerHematite
UnnamedIronPast ProducerHematite
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed MineIronPast Producer
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Dade County

Storms near this place

3 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Head River in 3 storm reports between 2001 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
November 2001Tornado (F1)Head River$75,000A survey conducted by the Dade county Emergency Manager and officials from the Georgia Emergency Management Agency reported that a strong F0 to weak F1 tornado touched down just northwest of Head River in the extreme southern part of the county. The tornado developed from a thunderstorm that initially developed in northeast Alabama. It appeared that several brief touchdowns occurred in a path approximately 1.5 miles long with a width of 1/4 to 1/2 mile. The tornado dissipated just before reaching the Walker county border. Most of the damage was confined to the area between Old State Road 157, Yankee Road, and Brook Road. A large farm in this area sustained most of the damage. One concrete block garage and one barn were completely destroyed. Five to six other buildings were also damaged. The debris from the damaged buildings was found as far as 1/2 mile away from its origin. Numerous trees and power lines were also blown down in the same area. Initial damage estimates were placed at $75,000. There were no injuries or fatalities reported with this incident.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHead River$1,000EM reported tree down at Rebel Dr and Yankee Rd.
August 2006Thunderstorm WindHead River$1,000The Dade County Emergency Management Director reported that a thunderstorm downburst caused minor structural damage to a commercial building in the southern portion of the county.

Every storm recorded in Dade 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
Sulphur Springs Station2.8 miles23
Amos Mill4.2 miles23
Cloverdale4.6 miles23
Rising Fawn7.2 miles23
Plum Nelly9.4 miles25
Cedar Hill10.9 miles23
Stewart Town11.7 miles23
Tatum (historical)12.5 miles23

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on Head RiverAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q60768139The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331943. 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.