Milan, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Milan census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31060. The Survey maps it on the Milan quadrangle. 613 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 312 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresMilan fell from 700 to 613 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 700 | |
| 2020 | 613 | -87 (-12%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1972 USGS Milan quadrangle1:24000
- 1977 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1978 USGS Hawkinsville quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
394 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 394 fires within 5 miles of Milan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,103 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 81 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 | 233 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 81 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-014 |
| 30 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-021 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 116 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-013 |
| 26 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019TELFAIR002 |
| 26 September 1996 | Natural | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DODGE013 |
| 25 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-TELFAIR-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Milan: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Aluminum, Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Georgia Bauxite District | Aluminum, Titanium | Producer | WEATHERING RESIDUAL |
Storms near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milan in 10 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $250,000 | The Telfair County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down across the county. However, much of the damage occurred in the Lumber City area in the far southeastern part of the county. Here, one unit of the Village Square Apartments was destroyed and three other units sustained minor to moderate damage. |
| March 2005 | Flash Flood | Milan | $100,000 | The Telfair Enterprise reported that early morning heavy rain, on the order of four inches or more, resulted in damage to several county roads. County Road 13 and County Road 106, between McRae and Milan were washed out and would require extensive repair. A pair of large sinkholes had developed on County Road 13 from the pressure of the extensive runoff. Drainage pipes were washed out from the under the roads and swept quite some distance away from their original location. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $50,000 | The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported numerous trees and power lines blown down across the northern end of the county. A house at the intersection of Highway 280 and Bethel Church Road had shingles blown off of the roof and a shed destroyed. In the Whatley vineyard area, around the intersection of Highway 341 and Whatley Farm Road, 20-25 trees were uprooted or snapped. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $30,000 | Thunderstorm winds uprooted trees, resulting in downed power lines and the lost of electricity. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $5,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported that dozens of trees were down across the northern part of the county from Milan on the Dodge/Telfair county line to McRae in the northeast part of the county near the Wheeler county line. A couple of roads were blocked, but no structural damage was reported. |
| September 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $1,000 | The Telfair County 911 center reported a tree blown down in Milan near Highway 280. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $1,000 | The Telfair County Emergency Manager reported that at least four trees were blown down in the Milan area. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | $1,000 | The Telfair County 911 Center reported that two to three trees were down in the far northern part of the county near McRae. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Milan | - | Milan post office reported quarter sized hail. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milan | - | Trees down on Milan Cemetery Road and Temperance Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cobbville | 8.1 miles | 7 | |
| Workmore | 8.7 miles | 7 | |
| Helena | 8.8 miles | 9 | |
| McRae | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Temperance | 9.9 miles | 7 | |
| Sharon | 10.3 miles | 7 | |
| Neily | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| China Hill | 11.4 miles | 7 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Milan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2752635 | 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 318146. 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.






