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Barretts Mill, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Winterville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30601. It stands on East Sandy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hull quadrangle. It stands 659 feet above sea level.

Barretts Mill within Clarke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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.

Fires near this place

126 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Barretts Mill between 1992 and 2017, burning about 340 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 36 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 burning54
Arson/incendiarism36
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Smoking6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
30 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use4.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 2007Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-MADISON-003
29 August 2014Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-MADISON-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Clarke County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Barretts Mill: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron. 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
Athens QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
The Georgia Loan & Trust Co. MineIronPast Producer

Every working recorded in Clarke County

Storms near this place

7 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Barretts Mill in 7 storm reports between 2010 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBarretts Mill1 hurtA tree and power lines fell onto a vehicle in the 1400 block of Highway 29, causing entrapment of the occupant. Injuries were not life-threatening.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindBarretts Mill$50,000The public reported wind damage at the Athens Rifle Club on Paradise Valley Road north of Athens. Shingles and roofing material were removed from the clubhouse and the skeet houses. These roofing materials were embedded in the metal roof of a carport that was blown over. A section of safety fencing 10 feet high and 40 feet long that was set in concrete was blown down and outdoor furniture was blown over 100 yards and destroyed. Several shooting stations were destroyed and multiple trees were blown down.
July 2015Thunderstorm WindBarretts Mill$8,000The Clarke County Emergency Manager reported a half dozen trees down along Hull Road near Old Hull Road. A traffic light also out in this area.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindBarretts Mill$1,000A tree fell onto a home in the 200 block of Leann Drive. No injuries.
August 2010LightningBarretts Mill$1,000The Clarke County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home on Old Pittard Road causing minor damage to the structure.
August 2010LightningBarretts Mill$500The Clarke County Emergency Management Director reported that a home on Danielsville Road suffered minor damage from a lightning strike.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindBarretts Mill-Damage to the roof of a home on the 3000 block of Lawton Lane.

Every storm recorded in Clarke 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
Cherokee Forest0.4 miles14
North Place1.0 miles15
Greenmont1.3 miles13
Northridge Park1.4 miles15
Wonderland Estates1.5 miles13
Rollingwood2.3 miles15
Country Club Estates2.7 miles15
Northridge3.1 miles14

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 Q28957031The 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 331096. 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.