New Switzerland, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cornelia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30563. The Survey maps it on the Ayersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Ayersville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
259 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 259 fires within 5 miles of New Switzerland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 801 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 45 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 | 117 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 22 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HABERSHAM001 |
| 5 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | HIGHWAY 365#1,#2,#3 |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BANKS-001 |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HABERSHAM-002 |
| 8 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of New Switzerland: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.P.Fort Property | Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Piedmont College Farm | Iron | Past Producer | Residual |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Switzerland in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2025 | Hail | New Switzerland | - | Public reported (via Social Media) dime to quarter size hail. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Switzerland | - | Public reported multiple trees snapped on North Woods Dr. |
| December 2013 | Flood | New Switzerland | - | Glade Creek Parkway was closed due to flooding from nearby Glade Creek. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Switzerland | - | Multiple large tree limbs were blown down. |
| March 2011 | Hail | New Switzerland | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stottsville | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Airy | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Shorts Mill | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Cornelia | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Dicks Hill | 3.9 miles | 18 | |
| Demorest | 4.7 miles | 18 | |
| Baldwin | 4.9 miles | 14 | |
| Habersham Station (historical) | 5.1 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351425. 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.






