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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1947 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Cashes Valley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
208 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 124 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CASHES VALLEY |
| 10 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FANNIN001 |
| 5 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-FANNIN-005 |
| 26 August 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 14 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hackney Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Lacey Property | Marble, Dimension | Prospect | ||
| Mount Pisgah Copper Prospect | Copper | Prospect | ||
| Mount Pisgah Prospect | Sulfur, Copper | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Searcy Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | 1919 | |
| Wishon Talc Mine | Talc-Soapstone | Past Producer | ||
| Davis Prospects | Manganese | Past Producer | 1919 | |
| Margaret Robinson Property | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | ||
| McKinney Mine Area | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Searcy Property | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burnett | 0.1 miles | 23 | |
| Lucius | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Ai | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Goose Island | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Santaluca | 2.8 miles | 23 | |
| Cherry Log | 3.1 miles | 23 | |
| Chopped Oak | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Jones Mill (historical) | 4.0 miles | 23 |
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.












