Prater Mill, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Little Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cohutta quadrangle.
On record in Prater 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.
Prater's Milllisted 1978 · 0.1 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
14 surveys from 24 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.
- 1886 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Tiger Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1938 USGS Chatsworth quadrangle1:48000
- 1938 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1960 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Cohutta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
282 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 282 fires within 5 miles of Prater Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 645 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 44 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 | 177 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 44 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-018 |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-WHITFIELD-001 |
| 3 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1999 | Natural | 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 12 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Prater Mill: 4 past producers, 3 occurrences, 3 prospects, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Barium-Barite, Iron, Manganese, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lanski Property--Talc Indus Inc | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Manganese | Producer | 1918 | |
| Hammontree Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| W R Rymer Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Bare Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| Cooper Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| County Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Eslinger Property | Iron, Manganese | Occurrence | 1919 | |
| George Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Past Producer | ||
| Lanski Property-Varnell-Cohutta District | Iron, Manganese | Past Producer | Residual | |
| Sam & Jw Cline Property | Barium-Barite | Prospect |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plainview | 1.8 miles | 24 | |
| Toonnerville | 2.5 miles | 21 | |
| Cedar Valley | 2.9 miles | 21 | |
| Varnell | 2.9 miles | 24 | |
| Ruralvale | 3.1 miles | 19 | |
| Edgar (historical) | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Beaverdale | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Norton | 4.6 miles | 21 |
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 Q122563495 | 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 332754. 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.













