BlockParkertown Mill, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bowersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30553. It stands on Pooles Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lavonia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1891 USGS Carnesville quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Lavonia quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
191 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Parkertown Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 473 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 16 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 | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HART001 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020FRANKLIN007 |
| 26 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Parkertown Mill: 2 past producers, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lon Allen Mine | Mica | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Mica Prospects | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Waterhole Mine | Mica | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parkertown | 0.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shoal Creek | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Maretts | 3.7 miles | 14 | |
| Cross Roads | 4.7 miles | 15 | |
| Mount Olivet | 4.8 miles | 14 | |
| Bowersville | 6.0 miles | 14 | |
| Reed Creek | 6.3 miles | 14 | |
| Flat Shoals | 7.4 miles | 13 |
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 Q122548501 | 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 332612. 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.