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Pardue Mill, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30535. It stands on Yellowbank Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville quadrangle.

Pardue Mill within Habersham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

232 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 232 fires within 5 miles of Pardue Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 313 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 20 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 burning161
Arson/incendiarism20
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Smoking7
Natural6
Recreation and ceremony5

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 1997Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1993Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
10 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
9 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 2010Naturalunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HABERSHAM-001
6 August 1997Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 2002Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-HABERSHAM-008

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Habersham County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Pardue Mill: 6 past producers, 2 producers, 1 prospect. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gold, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Iron, Kyanite. 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
Clarksville District Kyn OccurrenceKyanitePast Producer1932
Piedmont College FarmIronPast ProducerResidual
Habersham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Habersham QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Stamborough QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chatman EstateGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Elrod, T.GoldProspectPlacer
H. WoodsGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Twiner/T.G. EdwardsGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Habersham 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
Habersham1.3 miles18
Fairview1.6 miles18
Bert (historical)1.7 miles18
Harvest2.6 miles19
Habersham Station (historical)2.8 miles18
Demorest2.8 miles18
Soquee (historical)3.5 miles18
Clarkesville3.5 miles18

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 Q122551375The 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 332603. 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.