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Greens Mill, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Blue Ridge census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Charlie Creek. The Survey maps it on the Blue Ridge quadrangle.

Greens 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

405 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 405 fires within 5 miles of Greens Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,114 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 86 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 burning244
Arson/incendiarism86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined41
Recreation and ceremony9
Smoking8
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 1997Debris 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 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Greens Mill: 8 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 unknown, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Gold, Iron, Manganese. 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
Hackney PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
McKinney MineIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
McKinney Mine.Manganese, IronPast Producer1812
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Samples Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
The Dickey PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The W.M.Dallas MineMicaPast Producer
Wishon Talc MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
J.Y.Allen PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect
Margaret Robinson PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

1 since 2018

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Greens Mill in 1 storm report in 2018: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2018Thunderstorm WindGreens Mill$3,000The Fannin County 911 center reported a power pole and power lines blown down near the intersection of Aska Road and Deep Gap Road.

Every storm 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
Elrod Mill1.7 miles23
Stewart Mill1.7 miles23
Blue Ridge2.0 miles23
Ballew Mill2.6 miles23
Murphy Junction3.0 miles23
Morganton3.3 miles23
Maxwell3.3 miles23
Lakewood3.8 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331867. 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.