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Mashburn Mill, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It stands on Mill Branch. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.

Mashburn Mill within Fannin 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

346 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 346 fires within 5 miles of Mashburn Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,053 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 64 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 burning217
Arson/incendiarism64
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural3
Other causes1

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-003
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-004
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 August 1998Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin 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 Mashburn Mill: 3 prospects, 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Iron. 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
Coffee ProspectIronProspect
Martin Mining PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
No NameGoldPast ProducerVein
StannickGoldProspectVein
TeagueGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Fannin 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
Sparks Mill0.6 miles23
Hemp2.0 miles23
Bryan Mill2.0 miles23
Maple Grove2.3 miles23
Wright Mill3.3 miles23
Craytonia4.0 miles25
Dora (historical)4.1 miles23
Hurst4.4 miles25

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 Q122571080The 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 332327. 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.