Rest Haven, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 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 Flowery Branch quadrangle. 45 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresRest Haven fell from 62 to 45 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 | 62 | |
| 2020 | 45 | -17 (-27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1999 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
155 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 155 fires within 5 miles of Rest Haven between 1992 and 2018, burning about 414 acres in total. 4 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 45 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 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 |
| 25 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 August 2002 | Natural | 3.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-GWINNETT-003 |
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 Rest Haven: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Atlantic Steel/ Cartersville, Ga. | Iron | Producer | ||
| Friendship Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rest Haven in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2012: 1 hail, 1 flood, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2009 | Flood | Rest Haven | $630,000 | Significant flooding continued across much of Gwinnett county during this period. Several creeks and streams were in at least moderate flood from record rainfall. The USGS stream gage on Shoal Creek near Lawrenceville exceeded its flood stage of 11 feet for several hours, beginning at 459 pm EDT, and the Apalachee River near Dacula exceeded its flood stage of 8 feet for several hours beginning at 604 pm EDT. The Alcovy River, just southeast of Lawrenceville, went into moderate flood during this time period. Additional monetary damage in excess of $600,000, primarily to roads, was estimated to have occurred during this time frame. |
| October 2012 | Flash Flood | Rest Haven | $5,000 | Flash flooding occurred on Pew Creek, Sweetwater Creek, Suwanee Creek, and the headwaters of the Alcovy River around Lawrenceville. Minor flooding of the natural flood plains occurred causing some debris cleanup. The USGS stream gage on Pew Creek at Patterson Road reached flood stage of 11 feet at 1115 pm EST. It crest at 11.84 feet. The USGS stream gage on the Sweetwater Creek at Club Drive reached flood stage of 11 feet at 1245 am EST on 10/2/2012. It crest at 11.48 feet. |
| June 2007 | Hail | Rest Haven | - | The public reported penny-sized hail about five miles north of Hog Mountain near Rest Haven. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble Brook | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Sagefield | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Buford | 1.7 miles | 20 | |
| Springlake Estates | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Woodbriar East | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Northwest Harbor | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Lanier Vista | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Forest | 3.1 miles | 21 |
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 Rest Haven | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q579454 | 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 332834. 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.





