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Higdon Mill, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30522. It stands on Allen Branch. The Survey maps it on the Cashes Valley quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Higdon Mill within Gilmer 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

208 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 208 fires within 5 miles of Higdon Mill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,235 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 38 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 burning124
Arson/incendiarism38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking6
Natural5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 1998Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
16 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCASHES VALLEY
10 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020FANNIN001
5 August 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-FANNIN-005
26 August 2007Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Higdon Mill (historical): 6 past producers, 5 prospects, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Marble, Dimension. 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
Lacey PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
Mount Pisgah Copper ProspectCopperProspect
Mount Pisgah ProspectSulfur, CopperOccurrenceMassive Sulfide
Searcy PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1919
Wishon Talc MineTalc-SoapstonePast Producer
Davis ProspectsManganesePast Producer1919
Margaret Robinson PropertyIron, ManganesePast Producer
McKinney Mine AreaIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Searcy PropertyIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual

Every working recorded in Gilmer 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
Burnett0.1 miles23
Lucius2.2 miles23
Ai2.4 miles23
Goose Island2.6 miles23
Santaluca2.8 miles23
Cherry Log3.1 miles23
Chopped Oak3.8 miles23
Jones Mill (historical)4.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331969. 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.