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Brown Mill, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mineral Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.

Brown Mill within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

391 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 391 fires within 5 miles of Brown Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 684 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 58 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 burning254
Arson/incendiarism58
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Recreation and ceremony11
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1

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
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-006
13 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Brown Mill: 4 occurrences, 3 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Collins PropertyIronProspect
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mineral Bluff AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant
Samples Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Arp PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Dickey PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Hame String Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Park PropertyMarble, DimensionPast Producer
The Youngstone Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Cutcane1.0 miles23
Loving1.4 miles23
Coles Crossing1.5 miles23
Mineral Bluff1.7 miles23
Pleasant Hill2.0 miles23
Forge Mill2.1 miles23
Windy Ridge2.3 miles23
Lakewood2.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331253. 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.