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Keiths Mill, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Coahulla Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalton South quadrangle.

Keiths Mill within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 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

481 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 481 fires within 5 miles of Keiths Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 733 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 74 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 burning272
Arson/incendiarism74
Misuse of fire by a minor56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use18
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking10
Natural5

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 2006Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MURRAY001
5 September 2002Debris and open burning4.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-MURRAY-012
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Keiths Mill: 2 past producers, 1 plant, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Jet Black Marble Co QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Chatsworth MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Farrar Tripoli ProspectStone, Crushed/BrokenProspect
H & S Industries IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant
Southern Talc Slate PitStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitfield County

Storms near this place

4 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keiths Mill in 4 storm reports between 2013 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. 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
July 2013Flash FloodKeiths Mill$3,000The Whitfield County emergency manager reported a portion of Airport Road near the Murray county line is closed due to two feet of water covering the roadway.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindKeiths Mill$1,000One tree down near abbington way and tibbs bridge.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindKeiths Mill$1,000A tree was downed on Waterloo Dr SE at Matlock Dr.
July 2020HailKeiths Mill-The public reported 1.5 inch hail on Timberlake Drive SE.

Every storm recorded in Whitfield 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
Cedar Ridge2.7 miles21
Union Point2.9 miles21
Cannon Heights4.5 miles21
Crown Mill Village4.8 miles18
Dalton5.1 miles21
Fillmore (historical)5.1 miles21
Dawnville5.3 miles21
Five Springs5.4 miles18

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 Q122560019The 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 332134. 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.