Carns Mill, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Talking Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30175. It stands on Fisher Creek. The Survey maps it on the Talking Rock quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 20 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 Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1914 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1916 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Talking Rock quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
302 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 302 fires within 5 miles of Carns Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,104 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 96 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 | 123 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 96 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 301 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PICKENS-008 |
| 3 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 20 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Carns Mill: 8 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects, 1 plant. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Marble, Dimension, Mica, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Betz Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Mill No 4 Ga Marble Co | Dolomite | Producer | ||
| J F Hillhouse Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J L Mullinax Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| W J Garrison Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Lots 142 & 143 | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Marble Quarry Unnamed | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Quarry Unnamed | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Marble Quarry Unnamed | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Marble Mine | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Carns Mill in 5 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carns Mill | $30,000 | Significant swath of wind damage stretching across the southeast portion of the county. Damage and downstream reports were indicative of over 85mph winds. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carns Mill | $10,000 | The Pickens County 911 Center reported numerous trees blown down, mainly across the southern portion of the county. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carns Mill | $6,000 | The Pickens County 911 center reported several trees blown down on South Main Street, Refuge Road and Camp Road in the Jasper area. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Carns Mill | $1,000 | One tree down 3 miles south of jasper . |
| May 2025 | Hail | Carns Mill | - | Estimated quarter-sized hail near the intersection of pettit road and henderson mountain road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keasley (historical) | 0.6 miles | 20 | |
| Rober (historical) | 1.0 miles | 20 | |
| Talking Rock | 1.2 miles | 20 | |
| Blaine | 2.8 miles | 20 | |
| West Brook | 3.6 miles | 21 | |
| Clipper | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Ruden | 5.0 miles | 21 | |
| Hinton | 5.0 miles | 19 |
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 Q122595225 | 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 326209. 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.










