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Dickerson Mill, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30568. It stands on Keener Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dillard quadrangle.

Dickerson Mill within Rabun County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

110 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Dickerson Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 892 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 16 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 burning60
Arson/incendiarism16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Natural5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Other causes4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestGERMANY
17 September 2000Other causes1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMOUNTAIN GROVE
15 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestRHONDA
11 August 2008Other causesunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestLEAD TREE FIRE
30 July 1993Natural2.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
17 July 2009Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestSTUMP
14 July 1993Natural1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
27 June 2008Naturalunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestDIVIDE GAP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rabun County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Dickerson Mill: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
Barclay MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Bentley MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Dillard/Ledford PlacersGold, SilverPast ProducerStream Placer
Bowers PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
J.G. WelbornGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Moore Girl MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Moore Girl's MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rabun 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
Kilby Mill2.8 miles24
York2.8 miles24
Germany3.2 miles24
Mountain City3.3 miles24
Dillard3.7 miles24
Persimmon4.7 miles23
Clayton4.7 miles24
Blalock4.9 miles23

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 Q122589764The 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 331548. 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.