Mill Creek Station, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30157. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
274 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek Station between 1992 and 2019, burning about 439 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 96 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 | 122 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 96 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-PAULDING-014 |
| 30 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-PAULDING-012 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Mill Creek Station: 4 prospects, 3 past producers, 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Sulfur, Mica, Feldspar. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins and Smith Prospect | Iron-Pyrite, Sulfur, Zinc | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| D. Ragsdale Prospect | Iron-Pyrite | Occurrence | Massive Sulfide | |
| Turner Prospect | Mica, Feldspar | Prospect | ||
| Don Watson Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| Mrs Sunie Clay Prospect | Sulfur | Prospect | ||
| J. B. Kemp Prospect | Gold | Past Producer | ||
| J.B.Kemp's Property (Hathaway Property) | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Mason Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| W. H. Hadaway Prospect | Gold | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Creek Station in 6 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 6 thunderstorm wind. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Creek Station | $8,000 | The Paulding County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down around the intersection of Dallas Acworth Highway and Homestead Drive. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Creek Station | $3,000 | Emergency manager reports several trees and powerlines down around the Brookstone Country Club. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Creek Station | $1,000 | Emergency Manager reported a tree down across the roadway at intersection of Due West Rd and Ivey Ln. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Creek Station | $1,000 | Trees and power lines in intersection of Due West Rd and Hwy 92. |
| July 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Creek Station | $1,000 | The Paulding County 911 center reported a tree blown down along Due West Road near County Line Road. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mill Creek Station | $1,000 | The Paulding County 911 center reported a tree blown down in the vicinity of Due West Road and Roswell 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Haven | 0.3 miles | 17 | |
| Hampton Estates | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Roxana | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Park Place | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Oak Hill | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Cross Roads | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Etta (historical) | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Hasford Estates | 1.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122553095 | 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 349882. 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.









