BlockFickling Mill, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31006. The Survey maps it on the Fickling Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Fickling Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
147 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Fickling Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 910 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 15 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 | 97 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020CRAWFORD005 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TAYLOR017 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-TAYLOR-003 |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020TAYLOR010 |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-TAYLOR-002 |
| 8 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Fickling Mill: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Fickling Mill in 10 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 lightning, 1 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Tornado (F1) | Fickling Mill | 1 hurt, $250,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Management Director confirmed that an F1 tornado occurred in extreme northeast Taylor county, touching down 1/2 mile south of the town of Fickling Mill, then traveled northwest for a distance of three to four miles, terminating near the Flint River and the Upson county line. The damage path was three to four miles long and 200 to 300 yards wide. Two site-built homes were destroyed at the touch down point. A man was trapped in his truck by downed power lines and had to be rescued. He sustained minor injuries during the ordeal. Eight other homes near Fickling Mill sustained minor roof damage, while one mobile home was destroyed in this same area. Hundreds of trees were blown down or uprooted along the path of the tornado, including extensive damage to a pecan orchard just north of Georgia Highway 137 and Fickling Mill. Several power lines were also brought down by the wind and downed trees. Only minor tree damage to a largely rural area was reported north of Fickling Mill to the Flint River and the Upson county line. |
| January 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Fickling Mill | $25,000 | A National Weather Service survey found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 75 MPH and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down north of Butler near the intersection of Jack Peed Road and Hwy 19. Several small to medium-sized trees were snapped or uprooted with debris thrown across the highway. The tornado moved northeast in the area to the northwest of Lt. Peed Road before ending just northeast of the intersection of County Road 108 and E. Old Wire Road. Several trees were snapped or uprooted and minor roof damage occurred to a home near the intersection of Lt. Peed Road and E Old Wire Road. [1/1/21: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF-0, Taylor, 2021:001]. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fickling Mill | $25,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Manager reported that shingles were blown off of a house and an attached carport was damaged at a home near the intersection of Highway 137 and Suggs Mill Road. A camper across the road from the house was rolled and damaged. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fickling Mill | $25,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down around Fickling Mill in the northeast part of the county. Three homes sustained minor damage from downed trees and large downed tree limbs. Three power poles were also down in the vicinity. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fickling Mill | $3,000 | The Taylor County 911 center reported trees blown down around the intersection of Wainwright Cemetery Road and the Roberta Highway northwest of Reynolds and on Golf Course Drive north of Reynolds. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fickling Mill | $1,500 | The Middle Flint Regional E911 Communications Center reported that several trees were blown down across Taylor County. |
| June 2011 | Lightning | Fickling Mill | $1,000 | The Taylor County Emergency Management Director reported that lightning struck a home in Fickling Mill causing only minor non-fire-related damage. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Fickling Mill | - | Quarter-sized hail was reported in north taylor county between butler and fickling mill. |
| April 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Fickling Mill | - | The parent storm responsible for the EF1 tornado in western |Taylor County recycled and a new tornado formed near the McCants |Mill Pond area along Thomaston Hwy north of Butler. A few trees |were snapped and uprooted along the highway. The tornado continued|northeast in a largely uninhabited forested area before crossing |Roberta Hwy snapping and uprooted trees. The tornado reached |maximum intensity in the Fickling Mill area where large groves of |trees were completely snapped and/or uprooted as it crossed |Roberta Hwy east of Fickling Mill. Several trees were downed in an|around Fickling Mill and some roof damage was noted at the Mill |as well. The EF1 tornado lifted before reaching the county line in|the Pearce Road area. Areal survey confirms the storm lifted |before reaching the county line. [4/5/22: Tornado #3, County #1/1, EF-1, Taylor, 2022:006]. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Fickling Mill | - | Reports of several trees down in and near Butler. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Griffith | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Jarrell | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Panhandle | 6.6 miles | 7 | |
| Carsonville | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Butler | 7.4 miles | 7 | |
| Goldson | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Reynolds | 7.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326277. 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.