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Smiths Mill, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Oak Grove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31822. It stands on Polecat Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hilyer quadrangle.

Smiths Mill within Troup County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 11 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

147 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Smiths Mill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 752 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 11 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 burning85
Smoking12
Arson/incendiarism11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Natural7
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2003Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning5.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-TROUP-002
15 September 1999Debris and open burning2.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
13 September 2019Arson/incendiarism1.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020HARRIS002
11 September 2007Natural59 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Smiths Mill: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica, Beryllium. 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
Hogg MineMica, BerylliumPast Producer
Ben Burts MineMicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Troup County

Storms near this place

11 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smiths Mill in 11 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$15,000Multiple trees down across several roadways just east of Baughs Crossroads.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$5,000Emergency manager reported a tree down on a home near the 1100 block of Floyd Rd in southern Troup County.
June 2020Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$4,000The Troup County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down near Stovall from Hamilton Road just north of Oak Grove Road to Old Chipley Road.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$2,000Em reports two trees down near s gate rd and old chipley rd.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$1,000A tree was downed in the 1900 block of Salem Road.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$1,000Tree downed at Smokey Rd and Hamilton Rd .
August 2023Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$1,000Tree reported down on a house near the intersection of Troon Way and Glenn Wagle Pt.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill$1,000Report of tree down along Salem Rd near Oak Grove Rd.
June 2022Thunderstorm WindSmiths Mill-Report of three trees down over road at Leisure Lane and Leisure Circle.
August 2021Flash FloodSmiths Mill-The Emergency Manager reported Hamilton Road was closed at Old Chipley Road and Hagler Road due to flash flooding. Radar estimates indicate that between 3 and 5 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
July 2012HailSmiths Mill-The public reported quarter-sized hail northwest of Callaway Gardens.

Every storm recorded in Troup 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
Andersons Corner2.3 miles11
Baughs Crossroads2.9 miles15
Wood Valley3.1 miles15
Troup Factory (historical)3.4 miles11
Pioneer Village3.5 miles15
Old Chimney3.5 miles15
Pleasant Grove3.8 miles11
Colonial Heights3.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326520. 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.