Alexanders Mill, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Young Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30582. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blairsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
12 surveys from 23 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.
- 1886 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1935 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1942 USGS Gumlog quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Blairsville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
239 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Alexanders Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,287 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 24 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 | 154 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | IVY LOG GAP |
| 26 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | HICHORY RIDGE |
| 17 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2014-UNION-001 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 21 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 21 workings within 5 miles of Alexanders Mill: 13 prospects, 6 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Kyanite, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bumgarner Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Warne-Sylva Kyn Belt | Kyanite | Occurrence | Metamorphic | |
| Brown | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Chastian Placer Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| E.R. Brown Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Gum Log/J.H. Brown/Brown/Placer Mines | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Horse Vein | Gold | Occurrence | ||
| Horse Vein | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Hunt Mine | Gold | Prospect | Vein | |
| Kerby Prospect | Gold | Prospect | Vein |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Alexanders Mill in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2011: 2 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2006 | Hail | Alexanders Mill | $160,000 | The public reported quarter to golf-ball sized hail. This was the third hail storm to affect the county during the same evening. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Alexanders Mill | $15,000 | The Towns County 911 Center reported that between three and four dozen trees were down across the county, especially the northern portions. |
| May 2006 | Hail | Alexanders Mill | - | Numerous reports of hail, ranging in size from pennies to quarters, were received from the public. The public reported that penny-sized hail covered the ground in the Alexanders Mill area along Georgia Highway 66 northwest of Young Harris. Penny-sized hail was reported in Young Harris, while quarter-sized hail was reported in Hiawassee. This was the second significant hail storm to affect Towns county within a one-hour period. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welch | 0.2 miles | 23 | |
| Gumlog | 2.9 miles | 23 | |
| Young Harris | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Campagne (historical) | 3.4 miles | 24 | |
| Red Banks | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Jacksonville | 4.1 miles | 24 | |
| Cedar Cliff | 4.7 miles | 24 | |
| Friendship | 5.1 miles | 24 |
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 Q122568645 | 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 351227. 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.











