BlockHebron, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Southeast Banks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30530. It stands on Grove Creek. The Survey maps it on the Ashland quadrangle.
On record in Hebron
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Hebron Church, Cemetery, and Academylisted 1985 · 0.2 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ashland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
117 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 117 fires within 5 miles of Hebron between 1992 and 2020, burning about 258 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-FRANKLIN-011 |
| 22 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN004 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN003 |
| 12 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hebron in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hebron | $2,000 | The Banks County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down around the intersection of Wrights Mill Road and Carlan Road. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hebron | $2,000 | The Banks County 911 center reported trees blown down near Sims Bridge Road and Amber Lane. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hebron | $1,000 | EM reports tree down at Sweetgum Ln and Sims Bridge Rd. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hebron | $1,000 | Tree down at Sweetgum Ln and Sims Bridge Rd. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hebron | $1,000 | The Banks County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Sims Bridge Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Erastus | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Arp | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Five Points | 3.3 miles | 14 | |
| Carlan | 3.9 miles | 14 | |
| Banks Crossing | 5.6 miles | 14 | |
| Jewelville | 6.4 miles | 14 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 7.1 miles | 14 | |
| Odis Crossroads | 7.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331945. 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.
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.