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.
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.
- James Henry and Rachel Kilby Houselisted 2005 · 0.4 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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 Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 24 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | GERMANY |
| 17 September 2000 | Other causes | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MOUNTAIN GROVE |
| 8 August 2002 | Natural | 15 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | CEDAR CLIFF |
| 30 July 1993 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 14 July 1993 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 18 June 2008 | Natural | 54 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | RIDGEPOLE MTN. |
| 13 June 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | RACEPATH |
| 6 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | PERSIMMON CREEK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barclay Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Bentley Mine | Gold, Silver | Prospect | Vein | |
| Barclay Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| Bowers Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| J.G. Welborn | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Moore Girl Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Moore Girl's Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dickerson Mill | 2.8 miles | 24 | |
| Persimmon | 3.9 miles | 23 | |
| Germany | 4.0 miles | 24 | |
| Blalock | 4.1 miles | 23 | |
| York | 5.6 miles | 24 | |
| Dillard | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain City | 6.1 miles | 24 | |
| Clayton | 7.0 miles | 24 |
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 Q122561438 | 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 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.









