Northwest Harbor, Georgia
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Buford-Sugar Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30518. The Survey maps it on the Buford Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 21 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.
- 1890 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Suwanee quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Buford Dam quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1981 USGS Cartersville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Buford Dam quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Buford Dam quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
123 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Northwest Harbor between 1992 and 2016, burning about 300 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 29 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 | 45 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HALL-005 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GWINNETT-003 |
| 5 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HALL-002 |
| 20 July 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 July 2008 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Northwest Harbor: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Steel/ Cartersville, Ga. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Chattahoochee River Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Hansard Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Level Creek Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Young Deer Creek | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Lanier Vista | 0.6 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Forest | 0.9 miles | 21 | |
| Buford | 1.6 miles | 20 | |
| Sagefield | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Hickory Hills | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Sugar Hill | 2.3 miles | 20 | |
| Rest Haven | 2.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pebble Brook | 2.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1688279. 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.









