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Mills, Georgia

24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the North Whitfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30710. It stands on Wildcat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cohutta quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Mills within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

14 surveys from 24 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

145 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 145 fires within 5 miles of Mills (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 510 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 burning84
Arson/incendiarism23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Smoking1

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
8 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-MURRAY-004
3 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Debris and open burning1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1999Debris and open burning4.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WHITFIELD001
15 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield 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 Mills (historical): 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, Iron, Manganese, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Lanski Property--Talc Indus IncStone, Crushed/Broken, ManganeseProducer1918
Sam & Jw Cline PropertyBarium-BariteProspect
Cohutta No 2, Varnell-Cohutta Distr.Iron, ManganesePast ProducerResidual
Cohutta Number TwoIron, ManganesePast Producer1918
Lord MineIron, ManganesePast Producer
W R Rymer PropertyIronProspect
D.A.M. MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
D.A.M. MineManganesePast Producer1918
Hannah ProspectManganeseProspect
Sloan ProspectManganeseProspect

Every working 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
Edgar (historical)1.2 miles24
Beaverdale3.4 miles19
Cohutta3.8 miles24
Red Clay3.8 miles24
Parrett Crossing4.2 miles24
Prater Mill4.8 miles24
Ruralvale5.4 miles19
Toonnerville6.3 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 353454. 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.