Milstead, Georgia
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Conyers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30012. It stands on Boar Tusk Branch. The Survey maps it on the Milstead quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 20 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Milstead quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
276 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 276 fires within 5 miles of Milstead between 1992 and 2020, burning about 585 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 59 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 | 76 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 59 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 16 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-ROCKDALE-004 |
| 25 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020ROCKDALE002 |
| 24 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1997 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Milstead: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lithonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Lithonia Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Milstead in 5 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milstead | $5,000 | An off-duty National Weather Service employee reported multiple trees blown down along I-20 near Salem Road. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milstead | $2,000 | The Rockdale County 911 center reported trees blown down near the intersection of Broad Street and Elm Street. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milstead | $1,000 | The public reported a tree blown down east of Conyers. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Milstead | - | Multiple trees were down on Norton Road NE at Milstead Road NE. |
| June 2017 | Heavy Rain | Milstead | - | The USGS precipitation gage located at the Yellow River on Gees Mill Road near Conyers, below Milstead, reported 4.06 inches of rain for the 24-hour period ending at 9:30 PM EST. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hi Roc Shores | 1.9 miles | 20 | |
| Conyers | 1.9 miles | 21 | |
| Lakeview Estates | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Lake Capri | 3.7 miles | 21 | |
| Princeton (historical) | 4.1 miles | 20 | |
| Zingara | 4.2 miles | 20 | |
| Sardum (historical) | 4.6 miles | 22 | |
| Fountain Hill (historical) | 5.2 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332397. 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.









