Myricks Mill, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the North Twiggs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31044. It stands on Game Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dry Branch quadrangle.
On record in Myricks Mill
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Myrick's Milllisted 1975 · 0.5 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1956 USGS Gordon quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Dry Branch quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
320 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Myricks Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,235 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 58 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 | 148 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Smoking | 23 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-TWIGGS-005 |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-007 |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-008 |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-010 |
| 25 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-009 |
| 23 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 39 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 39 workings within 5 miles of Myricks Mill: 23 past producers, 15 producers, 1 occurrence. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Kaolin, Aluminum, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gordon Pit | Clay | Occurrence | ||
| Columbia Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Fitzpatrick Mine | Aluminum, Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Georgia Kaolin Mine No. 11 | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| 17 Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Anglo-American Wilkinson Mine | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Brooks Mine Pit A | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Brooks Mine Pit B | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Cannon Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer | ||
| Crosby No. 3 Mine | Kaolin | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Myricks Mill in 3 storm reports between 2004 and 2023: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myricks Mill | $50,000 | The Twiggs County 911 Center reported that a number of trees were down in the extreme north part of the county near the Jones county line, about five miles northeast of Dry Branch. One tree had fallen through the roof of a home. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Myricks Mill | $1,000 | The Twiggs County Sherif reported that a few trees were blown down on Myricks Mill Road. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF0) | Myricks Mill | - | A EF0 tornado briefly touched just east of Mountain Springs Church Road in northern Twiggs County. The tornado snapped and uprooted trees behind a home along the road and blew siding off of a home next to a main power line running through the area. Several trees were snapped and uprooted on either side of the clearing for the powerlines. The tornado quickly lifted within a heavily forested area shortly after touching down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fitzpatrick | 4.1 miles | 11 | |
| Ripley | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Dry Branch | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Jeffersonville | 6.9 miles | 11 | |
| Marion | 9.0 miles | 11 | |
| Huber | 11.0 miles | 11 | |
| Reids | 11.1 miles | 11 | |
| District Path | 11.8 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.
| Wikidata item Q122565127 | 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 356417. 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.






