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Mill Ridge, Georgia

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30504. The Survey maps it on the Chestatee quadrangle.

Mill Ridge within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 14 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

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Mill Ridge between 1992 and 2020, burning about 205 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 41 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 burning80
Arson/incendiarism41
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Misuse of fire by a minor19
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony6
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural1

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 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HALL-003
30 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL003
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HALL002
21 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-HALL-002
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
18 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 1996Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 August 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-HALL-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mill Ridge: 6 prospects, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Mammoth MineGoldProspectVein
Maynas MineGoldPast ProducerVein
O'ShieldsGoldProspectVein
Rogers and Anderson ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
StoweGoldProspectVein
Twitty? MineGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Pine Haven0.8 miles14
Waterford1.0 miles15
Cameron Point1.3 miles14
Tanner1.3 miles14
Point View Landing1.3 miles14
Lanier Valley1.4 miles15
Cherrywood1.4 miles15
Green Hills1.6 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686771. 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.