BlockNorth High Shoals, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Watkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30621. It stands on Lane Creek. The Survey maps it on the High Shoals quadrangle. 552 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 640 feet above sea level.
On record in North High Shoals
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 1 record
- High Shoals Historic Districtlisted 2006
Population over time
2 figuresNorth High Shoals fell from 652 to 552 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 652 | |
| 2020 | 552 | -100 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS High Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
146 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of North High Shoals between 1992 and 2018, burning about 283 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 5 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 | 83 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Smoking | 1.3 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 North High Shoals: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Branch Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Thomas Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North High Shoals in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | North High Shoals | $12,000 | The Oconee County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees blown down from north of North high Shoals along Rays Church Road to west of Bishop along High Shoals Road. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | North High Shoals | $10,000 | The Oconee County 911 Center reported that up to 30 trees were down across the southern end of the county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | North High Shoals | $7,000 | The Oconee County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down throughout the county. Among other locations, trees were down on Moores Mill, Ridgeway and power lines were down on Malcolm Bridge, and Lenru Roads. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | North High Shoals | $5,000 | The Oconee County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the west central and southern part of the county, south of Watkinsville, mostly in the Bishop area. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | North High Shoals | $1,000 | The public reported a large tree blown down in the backyard of a home on Elder Ridge Drive. |
| February 2009 | Hail | North High Shoals | - | The Oconee County Emergency Management Director relayed numerous reports of quarter-sized hail across the southern half of Oconee county, generally along and south of a line from North High Shoals, to Bishop, to Farmington, to Salem. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paradise Falls | 0.5 miles | 12 | |
| Laurel Chase | 1.9 miles | 12 | |
| Elder Heights | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Elder Ridge | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Cumberland | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bishop | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Eastville | 4.0 miles | 18 | |
| Tramlin Acres | 4.2 miles | 12 |
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 North High Shoals | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q781117 | The 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 1699883. 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.