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Rest Haven, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1981. It stands in The Rock-Yatesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30286. The Survey maps it on the Yatesville quadrangle.

Rest Haven within Upson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

286 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 286 fires within 5 miles of Rest Haven between 1992 and 2020, burning about 826 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 51 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 burning156
Arson/incendiarism51
Equipment and vehicle use29
Natural19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking2

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
8 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-UPSON-004
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON002
30 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UPSON-011
19 September 1997Equipment and vehicle use2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2018Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019UPSON001
10 September 2019Debris and open burning15 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020UPSON005
10 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Upson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Rest Haven: 8 past producers, 5 prospects, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Gemstone. 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
Adams MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Herron MineMica, GemstonePast Producer
Carter MineMicaPast Producer
Clay Creek MineMicaPast Producer
Cliff Middlebrooks DepositMicaOccurrence
Colbert MineMicaPast Producer
Helen Mcdonald ProspectMicaProspect
J M Bevel DepositMicaOccurrence
Johnson MineMicaPast Producer
Kelly O'Neil ProspectsMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Upson 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
Topeka Junction1.8 miles10
The Rock2.6 miles10
Blacksboro (historical)3.7 miles12
Yatesville3.8 miles10
Dog Crossing4.1 miles12
McKinney5.4 miles12
Delray5.6 miles12
Redbone Crossroads6.5 miles12

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.

Wikidata item Q49363665The 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 346739. 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.