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Mill Creek, Georgia

25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the West Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30740. It lies near Hurricane Valley. The Survey maps it on the Villanow quadrangle.

Mill Creek within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 25 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

281 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Mill Creek between 1992 and 2020, burning about 798 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 46 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 burning155
Arson/incendiarism46
Recreation and ceremony18
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Smoking6
Natural5
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
9 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-004
7 September 1998Misuse of fire by a minor2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1993Debris and open burning34 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield 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 Mill Creek: 2 plants, 2 past producers, 1 producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, Clay. 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
Dalton Brick and Tile Co PitsClayPast Producer
Dalton Plant Dixie ChemAluminumPlant
Dalton City QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dalton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H & S Industries IncStone, Crushed/BrokenPlant

Every working recorded in Whitfield County

Storms near this place

10 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mill Creek in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 debris flow. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2009Flash FloodMill Creek$50,000The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported flash flooding in several areas across the central and southern portion of the county. Several roads were flooded and washed out when local creeks spilled out of their banks. Drowning Bear Creek, Stover Creek, and Cohulla Creek were some of the more significant creeks flooded in the county. At least 12 roads in the county were affected by flood waters. Some of the roads flooded included Frazier Road, Vinewood Drive, Stover Creek Road, and Redwine Cove Road. Three 6-foot diameter pipes were washed out on Stover Creek Road. The USGS stream gage on Cohulla Creek near Keith's Mill below Dalton reached its flood stage of 16.0 feet during this time frame. Monetary damage was estimated to be $50,000.
February 2019Debris FlowMill Creek$10,000Emergency Manager reported a small debris flow on Dug Gap Battle Road near Dalton. Trees, dirt, and rocks were blocking a portion of the roadway. Radar estimates indicate that only 1 to 2 inches of rainfall occurred over the area, but this rain fell on already saturated soils from heavy rainfall leading up to this event.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$5,000Emergency Manager reported several trees down near the intersection of Dug Gap Battle Rd and Laurel Woods Trail.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$3,000The Whitfield County Emergency Manager reported Trees blown down near the intersection of W. Dug Gap Mountain Road and Whisenant Way.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000Tree down near old morris rd and near mill creek rd.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000A tree was downed on Friendship Drive at Lafayette Rd.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000Emergency manager reports a large tree down on the road and on power lines on Hurricane Rd near the intersection with Rhine Rd.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000Power lines were downed on the 4000 block of North Jimmy Dr.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindMill Creek$1,000A tree fell across Sourwood Dr at Southcrest Dr.
April 2006HailMill Creek-Numerous reports of penny to quarter-sized hail were received from the public across the central portin of Whitfield county from Mill Creek to Dawnville, including a number in the Dalton area.

Every storm recorded in Whitfield 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
Mount Vernon3.6 miles25
Five Springs3.8 miles18
Crown Mill Village3.9 miles18
Phelps3.9 miles18
Dalton4.6 miles21
Trickum4.9 miles25
Hassler Mill5.0 miles25
Cannon Heights5.0 miles21

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 Mill CreekAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q65083318The 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 332388. 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.