BlockOld Mill Chase, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Watkinsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. It stands on Porters Creek. The Survey maps it on the Barnett Shoals quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Barnett Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
107 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of Old Mill Chase between 1992 and 2018, burning about 243 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 17 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 | 51 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-OCONEE-002 |
| 18 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 5.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-OCONEE-003 |
| 6 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2023Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Old Mill Chase in 2 storm reports in 2023: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Mill Chase | $10,000 | Public also reported numerous trees and powerlines downed in the area around Mcree's Mill Rd and Flat Rock Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Old Mill Chase | $5,000 | Multiple trees reported down near the intersection of Mcrees Mill Rd and Mcrees Mill Ln. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oak Point | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pioneer Woods | 0.5 miles | 11 | |
| River Farms | 0.7 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Hills | 0.9 miles | 11 | |
| Rutherford (historical) | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Belmont | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Victoria Station | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Sherwood Forest | 3.2 miles | 15 |
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 Q122554109 | 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 356782. 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.
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.