BlockMillhaven, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Millhaven census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30467. It stands on Comers Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hilltonia 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.
- 1920 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Millen quadrangle1:125000
- 1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Hilltonia quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Sylvania quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
133 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 133 fires within 5 miles of Millhaven between 1992 and 2019, burning about 861 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 29 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 | 75 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SCREVEN007 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 August 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-021 |
| 12 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-SCREVEN-013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millhaven in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millhaven | $5,000 | Several large trees were downed by thunderstorm winds. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millhaven | $1,000 | One tree down across Harmony Road, off of Highway 301. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EFU) | Millhaven | - | Local broadcast media relayed video and pictures taken by the public of a landspout in an open field in northern Screven County. Using Google Maps and Street View imagery, it is estimated that the landspout occurred in a field just south of Stony Bluff Road but the precise location is unknown. Also, the time of occurrence is estimated based on the presence of showers in the northern end of the county. No damage occurred with the landspout. |
| September 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Millhaven | - | A weak tornado knocked trees and large limbs down. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millhaven | - | Power lines were down. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Millhaven | - | Thunderstorm winds reached 52 knots in Hilltonia. Thunderstorm winds caused powerlines to snap resulting in power outages in Millhaven. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Bluff Landing | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Hiltonia | 3.5 miles | 17 | |
| Bascom | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Burtons Ferry Landing | 7.7 miles | 17 | |
| Jacksonboro (historical) | 7.8 miles | 17 | |
| Lewis | 9.3 miles | 17 | |
| Waters | 12.3 miles | 17 | |
| Sylvania | 12.7 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356394. 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.
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.