Hidden Harbor, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Oakwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30504. It stands on Balus Creek. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Branch quadrangle.

Hidden Harbor within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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 Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1999 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

215 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Hidden Harbor between 1992 and 2020, burning about 310 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 49 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	88
Arson/incendiarism	49
Misuse of fire by a minor	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Smoking	8
Recreation and ceremony	8
Natural	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	2

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
9 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-HALL-003
5 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020HALL003
24 September 2004	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
21 September 2014	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-HALL-002
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
3 August 2015	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2016-HALL-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall 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 Hidden Harbor: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Banks Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Muddy Creek Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Vickers Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Byers	0.3 miles	16
Raintree West	0.4 miles	16
Pleasant View	0.7 miles	16
Sallee Heights	0.7 miles	16
Southgate	0.7 miles	16
Flat Creek	0.7 miles	16
McClure	0.8 miles	16
Balus Creek	0.8 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686962. 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.