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Gainesville Mills, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30501. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Gainesville Mills within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

266 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 266 fires within 5 miles of Gainesville Mills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 458 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 53 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 burning108
Arson/incendiarism53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use26
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Natural2

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
28 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
25 September 2012Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-HALL-002
23 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
19 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 1999Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Gainesville Mills: 7 prospects, 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Gainesville QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StoweGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Tyner0.3 miles15
Wildwood Heights0.5 miles15
Westside1.2 miles15
Gainesville1.5 miles15
Camellia Heights1.5 miles15
Morning Side Hills1.7 miles15
Fleetwood1.7 miles15
Wild Fern1.8 miles15

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 Q122546062The 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 1867240. 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.