Allen Mill, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1912 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the East Baldwin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31061. The Survey maps it on the Friendship quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Allen Mill within Baldwin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

1912 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Friendship quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

228 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 228 fires within 5 miles of Allen Mill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,052 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 10 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	148
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	21
Natural	20
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Arson/incendiarism	10
Smoking	6
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
8 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020BALDWIN006
7 September 2009	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-BALDWIN-002
5 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 1995	Debris and open burning	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 1993	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2011	Debris and open burning	42 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-BALDWIN-016

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Baldwin County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Allen Mill (historical): 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Alec Stephens Prospect	Kaolin	Prospect
M R Tucker Prospect	Kaolin	Prospect
Tucker Mine	Kaolin	Producer
Wiggins Mine	Kaolin	Producer

Every working recorded in Baldwin 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Black Spring	3.8 miles	15
Montpelier	3.9 miles	15
Oconee Old Town (historical)	4.3 miles	15
Underwood	5.4 miles	13
Sandtown	6.3 miles	14
Hardwick	6.6 miles	15
Milledgeville	7.2 miles	15
The Colony	7.3 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334766. 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.