Mineral Bluff, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Mineral Bluff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30559. It stands on Cutcane Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mineral Bluff quadrangle. 223 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,572 feet above sea level.
On record in Mineral Bluff
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Mineral Bluff Depotlisted 2007
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111-00060P-00020N, Georgia State Route 60 spur spanning Hempton Creek, Mineral Blufffederal building survey, 7 photographs
Population over time
2 figuresMineral Bluff grew from 150 to 223 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 150 | |
| 2020 | 223 | +73 (+49%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1943 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
- 1999 USGS Mineral Bluff quadrangle1:24000
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
441 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 441 fires within 5 miles of Mineral Bluff between 1992 and 2020, burning about 635 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 79 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 | 272 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 79 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 51 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
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 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Mineral Bluff: 6 past producers, 2 occurrences, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Manganese. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.Y.Allen Property | Iron, Manganese | Prospect | ||
| McKinney Mine | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| McKinney Mine. | Manganese, Iron | Past Producer | 1812 | |
| Mineral Bluff Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| The W.M.Dallas Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Dillard & Prince Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Mineral Bluff Area | Iron | Past Producer | Stratabound Concordant | |
| Samples Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| The Dickey Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| The Park Property | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mineral Bluff in 5 storm reports between 1999 and 2006: 5 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral Bluff | $10,000 | The Fannin county 911 center reported that around five dozen trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral Bluff | $1,000 | Fannin county 911 reported trees down on power lines. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral Bluff | $500 | The Fannin county 911 center reported that two trees were blown down. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral Bluff | $500 | Fannin county 911 reported trees down. |
| August 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mineral Bluff | $250 | The public reported that one tree was blown down near the intersection of Georgia Highway 60 and Curtis Switch Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Ridge | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Brown Mill | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Lakewood | 1.9 miles | 23 | |
| Hothouse | 2.0 miles | 23 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Forge Mill | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Coles Crossing | 2.6 miles | 23 | |
| Cutcane | 2.6 miles | 23 |
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 Mineral Bluff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6016949 | 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 332400. 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.













