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Vanna, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Royston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30662. The Survey maps it on the Bowman quadrangle.

Vanna within Hart County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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.

Photographs

1 photograph,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA
Hart County Bridge, State Route 181, spanning Savannah River, Hartwell, Hart County, GA
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

198 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 198 fires within 5 miles of Vanna between 1992 and 2019, burning about 394 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 13 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 burning108
Equipment and vehicle use40
Arson/incendiarism13
Smoking9
Natural8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony3

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
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HART-007
4 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HART-006
19 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning5.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hart County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Vanna: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bromer Ayers DepositMicaOccurrence
Mccrary ProspectMicaProspect
Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine)GoldPast ProducerVein
Ginn PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Ginn PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer

Every working recorded in Hart County

Storms near this place

11 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vanna in 11 storm reports between 1999 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2001Thunderstorm WindVanna$150,000no account filed
May 2003Tornado (F1)Vanna$50,000Although most of the damage associated with this tornadic circulation occurred in Madison County, some tree damage extended into extreme southwest Hart County.
January 2001Tornado (F1)Vanna$50,000no account filed
September 2018Thunderstorm WindVanna-County comms reported a few trees blown down across Hart County.
March 2008Tornado (EF0)Vanna-A tornado begin in Franklin County, then crossed into Hart County a little south of Royston. The tornado lifted just northwest of Vanna.|Damage was mainly confined to downed trees and power lines. One tree fell on a home in the Vanna area.
July 2005Flash FloodVanna-Several roads closed or washed out due to flooding, especially in the Vanna community, including Rock Springs Rd, Caney Branch Rd, and Bakers Bridge Rd.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindVanna-Trees were blown down at Pullian Lane and Liberty Hill Church Road.
May 2006HailVanna-no account filed
May 2003HailVanna-no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindVanna-no account filed
September 1999HailVanna-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hart 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
Reeds1.0 miles14
Goldmine3.7 miles14
Royston3.8 miles14
Eagle Grove5.1 miles14
Amandaville (historical)5.8 miles14
Canon7.5 miles14
Bio7.5 miles13
Flat Shoals9.1 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333320. 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.