Parhams, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Carnesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30521. The Survey maps it on the Martin quadrangle.

Parhams within Franklin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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 Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Martin quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

229 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 229 fires within 5 miles of Parhams between 1992 and 2020, burning about 400 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 21 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	132
Equipment and vehicle use	33
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Natural	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Recreation and ceremony	6
Smoking	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 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-FRANKLIN-006
5 September 2003	Debris and open burning	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FRANKLIN-012
28 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FRANKLIN-010
25 September 2016	Debris and open burning	1.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FRANKLIN-009
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	2.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-FRANKLIN-007
21 September 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-FRANKLIN-003
12 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Franklin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Parhams: 1 prospect. 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
	Weldon Mine	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Franklin County

Storms near this place

3 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Parhams in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2020: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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
February 2020	Flash Flood	Parhams	$10,000	Radio station reported flash flooding developed along multiple tributaries of the Broad River across Franklin County after 5 to 6 inches of rain fell in around 24 hours, with more than half of that falling in just a few hours during the morning of the 6th. Turkey Creek flooded Manley Rd and Woods Rd in the northern part of the county. Other roads flooded and closed in that part of the county included Salubrity Rd, Old Stagecoach Rd, and McClain Rd, which was flooded by Stephens Creek. In the Royston and Franklin Springs area, inundated roads included Rice Creek Rd and Olivers Rd.
February 2020	Flood	Parhams	$10,000	Although heavy rain tapered off across Franklin County throughout the afternoon, runoff from the day's excessive rainfall resulted in high water conditions persisting well into the evening hours.
April 2012	Hail	Parhams	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Franklin 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
Salubrity (historical)	1.2 miles	15
Red Hill	1.2 miles	13
Vandiver	1.9 miles	13
Carnesville	3.9 miles	15
Fairview	4.2 miles	15
Unity	5.7 miles	13
Lavonia	7.1 miles	15
Walnut Hill (historical)	7.2 miles	14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332604. 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.