Millwood, Georgia

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Waresboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31552. It stands on Perch Creek. The Survey maps it on the Axson quadrangle. 72 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 154 feet above sea level.

Millwood within Ware County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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.

1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1971 USGS Axson quadrangle1:24000
1978 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

239 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 239 fires within 5 miles of Millwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,533 acres in total. 37 started naturally. 21 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	133
Natural	37
Equipment and vehicle use	25
Arson/incendiarism	21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Railroad operations and maintenance	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	3
Smoking	3

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 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-WARE-002
9 September 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-WARE-003
29 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2006	Misuse of fire by a minor	24 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2006	Debris and open burning	7.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 2014	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2015-WARE-012
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
17 September 1997	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Ware County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Millwood: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Unnamed Sand Deposit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Occurrence	Alluvium

Every working recorded in Ware County

Storms near this place

16 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Millwood in 16 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 1 flood, 1 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
October 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	$1,500	Large trees and power lines were blown down.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	Trees, power lines and power poles were blown down in Millwood.
April 2016	Tornado (EF1)	Millwood	-	A tornado touched down just south of U.S. Highway 82 in Millwood. The preliminary intensity was EF1 with maximum winds near 100 mph. The tornado was on the ground for about 9 minutes and traveled about 2.6 miles. Minor damage occurred near Indian Mound Road and damage became more significant as the storm moved over the Manor-Millwood Road north. Damage to structures and trees was more signficant near Mullis Road where an old travel trailer was rolled and destroyed. A trailer in the area also had its rooof removed. Damaged occurred near Perch Creek Rd toward the Zion Hill Freewill Baptist Church where many small farm structures were thrown northward. The tree damage pattern was convergent. Major tree blown down was observed at a farm north of Zion Hill Road. Several horses were trapped by debris and two dogs were missing after the tornado went through. Cost of damage unknown.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	Trees were blown down onto power lines near Millwood. The time of damage was based on radar.
March 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	Trees were blown down near Trail Road.
April 2009	Flood	Millwood	-	Heavy Rainfall over a two week period, but more significantly extremely heavy rainfall over a 36 hour period pushed Forks Creek into flood. Tree debris left over from clear cutting of local tree farms was damming against the bridge and the Ware County Public Works Department had to use two cranes to move the debris from the upstream side of the Forks Road Bridge to the downstream side to prevent potential damage to the bridge.
October 2008	Hail	Millwood	-	A postal carrier reported nickel size hail along Holly Lane.
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	no account filed
May 2006	Hail	Millwood	-	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	no account filed
May 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Millwood	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Millwood	-	no account filed
March 2005	Hail	Millwood	-	no account filed
July 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	no account filed
May 2003	Thunderstorm Wind	Millwood	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Ware 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Fairfax	2.8 miles	8
Hasty	4.7 miles	8
Talmo	5.8 miles	8
Sappville	6.3 miles	8
Hinson Crossing	6.4 miles	8
Crews Crossing	6.5 miles	8
Viviani	6.7 miles	8
Pine Valley	8.7 miles	8

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 Millwood	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6860138	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 332394. 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.