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Rehobeth, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Waverly Hall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31804. The Survey maps it on the Mulberry Grove quadrangle.

Rehobeth within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 16 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

152 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 152 fires within 5 miles of Rehobeth between 1992 and 2019, burning about 404 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 32 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 burning82
Arson/incendiarism32
Equipment and vehicle use9
Recreation and ceremony7
Smoking7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural4

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
6 September 1995Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2003Equipment and vehicle use1.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1995Arson/incendiarism10.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1999Debris and open burning3.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 2010Smoking2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HARRIS-007
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
12 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris 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 Rehobeth: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Columbus QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rehobeth in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2020: 3 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2015Flash FloodRehobeth$135,000The Georgia Department of Transportation reported a large culvert washed out underneath a portion of U.S. Highway 27 or Georgia Highway 1 around 3 miles southwest of Cataula.
May 2018Flash FloodRehobeth$15,000Emergency Manager relayed damage to Highway 27 over Standing Boy Creek due to rising water from heavy rainfall.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindRehobeth$3,000The Talbot County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down on Gatlin Lane in Harris County.
April 2020Flash FloodRehobeth-The Emergency Manager reported that Highway 27 was closed due to flooding from Standing Boy Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 8 inches of rain occurred over the area, causing the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Harris 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
Cataula1.3 miles15
Bayard (historical)2.6 miles16
Gordydale3.9 miles17
Mulberry Grove4.2 miles16
Ellerslie4.4 miles15
Kingsboro4.7 miles15
Ossahatchie5.8 miles15
Turntime Crossroads6.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356493. 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.