Milner, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Milner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30257. The Survey maps it on the Barnesville quadrangle. 772 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 840 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresMilner grew from 522 to 772 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 522 | |
| 2010 | 610 | +88 (+17%) |
| 2020 | 772 | +162 (+27%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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.
- 1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
306 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 306 fires within 5 miles of Milner between 1992 and 2020, burning about 841 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 52 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 | 182 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAMAR-003 |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SPALDING-001 |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Milner: 5 prospects, 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Doc Irwin Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| H S Worsham Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Howard Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| J I Taylor Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J W Brown Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Taylor Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
16 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milner in 16 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Milner | 1 hurt, $10,000 | As the storm continued from Pike county across the extreme northwest corner of Lamar county, large tree limbs were knocked down on another house. One man was injured when struck by a falling tree limb on Vaughn Road. Sections of a fence were torn down and other trees and debris were found in a converging pattern caused by a rotating storm. |
| April 2019 | Tornado (EF1) | Milner | $200,000 | A National Weather Service survey determined that an EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds 90 mph and a maximum path width of 150 yards touched down in northern Lamar County near the intersection of Weldon Lake Road and Silver Dollar Road, snapping several trees. The tornado moved northeast along Weldon Lake Road snapping or uprooting more trees. As the tornado crossed Evans Road, numerous trees were downed with one falling onto a carport attached to a home. The house next door had damage to shingles on its roof. The tornado continued northeast, intensifying as it reached the Morgan Dairy Golf Course and crossed Morgan Dairy Road. Over 50 trees were downed on the golf course and numerous others were downed along Morgan Dairy Road. Continuing northeast, the tornado crossed McKneely Road downing numerous trees and power lines before weakening and crossing into Spalding County near Brown Road. No injuries were reported. [04/14/19: Tornado #4, County #1/2, EF-1, Lamar, 2019:024]. |
| August 1999 | Lightning | Milner | $100,000 | Lightning set fires to 6 homes and a barn. |
| August 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $30,000 | The Lamar County 911 Center reported that more than a dozen trees and several power lines were down across the county. Some of the most significant damage was noted across the northern half of the county from Milner to Barnesville. A power line was downed onto a car just north of Barnesville as well. |
| July 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $10,000 | The Lamar county 911 center and the public reported many trees down across the western half of Lamar county, particularly on Weldon Lake Road and Gordon Road. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $3,000 | Several trees down along liberty hill road. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $3,000 | The Lamar County 911 Center reported that 10 trees were down throughout the county. A few power lines were also down as well. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $2,000 | The Lamar County 911 Center reported that from six to ten trees were blown down across the county. No damage to structures was reported. |
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $2,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that straight-line thunderstorm wind damage had blown down a number of trees in north central Lamar county about two miles southeast of Orchard Hill. The parent thunderstorm that caused this damage had earlier spawned an F3 tornado in northern Pike county and shortly after this damage near Orchard Hill occurred spawned an F0 tornado in northeast Lamar county near Chappel. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $1,500 | The Lamar County 911 Center reported a few trees and power lines down in the far northern part of the county. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | $1,000 | The Lamar County 911 Center reported that a few trees were down across the county. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Milner | - | An amateur radio operator relayed a report of nickel-sized hail in the northeast part of the county near the Spalding county line. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Milner | - | The public reported penny-sized hail. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Milner | - | An amateur radio operator reported nickel-sized hail. |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milner | - | Thunderstorm winds knocked down numerous trees and tree limbs. |
| May 1998 | Hail | Milner | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| Woodfin Mill | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Milner Crossroads | 3.9 miles | 10 | |
| Liberty Hill | 4.2 miles | 11 | |
| Aldora | 4.6 miles | 10 | |
| Barnesville | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Powell (historical) | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Goggins | 6.2 miles | 10 |
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 Milner | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2677564 | 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 332395. 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.





