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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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 Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Danielsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Bowman quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
198 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 108 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 40 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HART-007 |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HART-006 |
| 19 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bromer Ayers Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Mccrary Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Brown Mine (Kings Mount Gold Mine) | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Ginn Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Ginn Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this place
11 since 1999Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanna | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Vanna | $50,000 | Although most of the damage associated with this tornadic circulation occurred in Madison County, some tree damage extended into extreme southwest Hart County. |
| January 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Vanna | $50,000 | no account filed |
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanna | - | County comms reported a few trees blown down across Hart County. |
| March 2008 | Tornado (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 2005 | Flash Flood | Vanna | - | 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 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanna | - | Trees were blown down at Pullian Lane and Liberty Hill Church Road. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Vanna | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Vanna | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vanna | - | no account filed |
| September 1999 | Hail | Vanna | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reeds | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Goldmine | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Royston | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Eagle Grove | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Amandaville (historical) | 5.8 miles | 14 | |
| Canon | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bio | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Flat Shoals | 9.1 miles | 13 |
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.





