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Kilby Mill, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Clayton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30525. It stands on Howard Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dillard quadrangle.

Kilby Mill within Rabun County

On record in Kilby Mill

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

60 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Kilby Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 26,189 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 burning24
Arson/incendiarism21
Natural4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Other causes2
Smoking1

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
25 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestGERMANY
17 September 2000Other causes1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMOUNTAIN GROVE
8 August 2002Natural15 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestCEDAR CLIFF
30 July 1993Natural2.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
14 July 1993Natural1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National Forestnot named
18 June 2008Natural54 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestRIDGEPOLE MTN.
13 June 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestRACEPATH
6 May 2014Debris and open burning2.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestPERSIMMON CREEK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rabun County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Kilby Mill: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver. 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
Barclay MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Bentley MineGold, SilverProspectVein
Barclay Gold MineGoldPast Producer
Bowers PlacerGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
J.G. WelbornGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Moore Girl MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Moore Girl's MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Rabun 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
Dickerson Mill2.8 miles24
Persimmon3.9 miles23
Germany4.0 miles24
Blalock4.1 miles23
York5.6 miles24
Dillard5.8 miles24
Mountain City6.1 miles24
Clayton7.0 miles24

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 Q122561438The 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 332145. 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.