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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1949 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500
- 1951 USGS Calhoun quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1972 USGS Dalton South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
481 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 272 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 74 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 56 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Natural | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020MURRAY001 |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 4.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MURRAY-012 |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jet Black Marble Co Quarry | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Chatsworth Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Farrar Tripoli Prospect | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Prospect | ||
| H & S Industries Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Plant | ||
| Southern Talc Slate Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2013Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Flash Flood | Keiths Mill | $3,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keiths Mill | $1,000 | One tree down near abbington way and tibbs bridge. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Keiths Mill | $1,000 | A tree was downed on Waterloo Dr SE at Matlock Dr. |
| July 2020 | Hail | Keiths Mill | - | The public reported 1.5 inch hail on Timberlake Drive SE. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Ridge | 2.7 miles | 21 | |
| Union Point | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Cannon Heights | 4.5 miles | 21 | |
| Crown Mill Village | 4.8 miles | 18 | |
| Dalton | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Fillmore (historical) | 5.1 miles | 21 | |
| Dawnville | 5.3 miles | 21 | |
| Five Springs | 5.4 miles | 18 |
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 Q122560019 | The 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.










