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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.

Milstead within Rockdale County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 20 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

276 since 1992

Regional 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 burning76
Arson/incendiarism59
Misuse of fire by a minor38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony16
Natural13
Smoking12
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1997Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-ROCKDALE-004
25 September 1998Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020ROCKDALE002
24 September 2003Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 1997Smoking4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockdale County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lithonia QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown

Every working recorded in Rockdale County

Storms near this place

5 since 2017

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 2018Thunderstorm WindMilstead$5,000An off-duty National Weather Service employee reported multiple trees blown down along I-20 near Salem Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindMilstead$2,000The Rockdale County 911 center reported trees blown down near the intersection of Broad Street and Elm Street.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindMilstead$1,000The public reported a tree blown down east of Conyers.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindMilstead-Multiple trees were down on Norton Road NE at Milstead Road NE.
June 2017Heavy RainMilstead-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.

Every storm recorded in Rockdale 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
Hi Roc Shores1.9 miles20
Conyers1.9 miles21
Lakeview Estates2.5 miles21
Lake Capri3.7 miles21
Princeton (historical)4.1 miles20
Zingara4.2 miles20
Sardum (historical)4.6 miles22
Fountain Hill (historical)5.2 miles18

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.