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Lawson Highlands, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Clermont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It lies near Buckhorn Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Clermont quadrangle.

Lawson Highlands within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Lawson Highlands between 1992 and 2020, burning about 307 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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 burning118
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony7
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-004
21 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 August 2000Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-WHITE-003
14 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Lawson Highlands: 9 prospects, 4 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica. 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
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
JonesGoldPast ProducerVein
KeathGoldProspectVein
Longstreet MineGoldProspectVein
NewtonGoldProspectVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
Parks Mine Et Al.GoldPast ProducerVein

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Heather Heights0.5 miles13
Lake Haven0.8 miles13
Hargrove1.0 miles13
Lake Watch1.3 miles13
Destitute Acres1.4 miles13
Cherokee Meadows1.4 miles15
Beaver Pond1.5 miles13
Blueberry Hills1.5 miles15

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.

Wikidata item Q122591211The 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 1686758. 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.