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Hall Mill, Georgia

26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Kensington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30707. It stands on Strickland Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kensington quadrangle.

Hall Mill within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 26 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

211 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 211 fires within 5 miles of Hall Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 815 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 64 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 burning123
Arson/incendiarism64
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use6
Natural3
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WALKER-009
7 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2019Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WALKER002
16 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 1999Arson/incendiarism114 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hall Mill: 6 past producers, 2 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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
Patton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Cassandra AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Glenn ProspectIronProspect
McLamore's Cove Area-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
McLamore's Cove Area-BIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warrenfel's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Warthen ProspectIronProspect

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Kensington1.1 miles26
Davis Crossroads2.0 miles26
Estelle Station (historical)2.2 miles26
Frick Gap (historical)2.2 miles25
Cassandra2.2 miles25
Cooper Heights2.4 miles25
Estelle2.6 miles25
Valley Head3.1 miles25

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 Q122551867The 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 356142. 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.