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Jones 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 30540. It stands on Amy Creek. 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.

Jones 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

109 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Jones Mill (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,906 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 21 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 burning64
Arson/incendiarism21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
5 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWOLFPEN
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-GILMER-002
21 August 1999Recreation and ceremony1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
15 August 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-GILMER-001
12 August 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-GILMER-004
26 July 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 July 2016Natural9.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestGIBSON CREEK FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Gilmer County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 18 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of Jones Mill (historical): 7 past producers, 7 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Gold, 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
Searcy PropertyIron, ManganeseProspect1919
A.J.Pinson PropertyIron, ManganeseOccurrence
Davis ProspectsManganesePast Producer1919
Holt PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Lacey PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
Searcy PropertyIron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Whitaker PropertyMarble, DimensionProspect
HoltGoldProspectPlacer
Turkey PenGoldProspectPlacer
WhitakerGoldProspectPlacer

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
Chopped Oak0.9 miles23
Santaluca1.2 miles23
Flat Branch2.2 miles23
White Path2.5 miles23
Goose Island2.6 miles23
Cherry Log3.1 miles23
Northcutt3.2 miles17
Higdon Mill (historical)4.0 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332113. 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.