BlockSnows Mill, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Good Hope census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30655. It stands on Turkey Creek. The Survey maps it on the High Shoals quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 16 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.
- 1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS High Shoals quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
154 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 154 fires within 5 miles of Snows Mill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 332 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 | 75 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WALTON-003 |
| 20 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 1998 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Snows Mill: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Manganese, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H B Marble Prospect | Manganese | Prospect | ||
| Thomas Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
2 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Snows Mill in 2 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 1 flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Snows Mill | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down blocking roadway at the intersection of Highway 186 and Moina Michaels road. |
| September 2009 | Flood | Snows Mill | $1,000 | The USGS stream gage on the Alcovy River near Lawrenceville reached its flood stage of 9.0 feet at 1205 pm EDT, crested at 9.70 feet at 145 pm EDT, and then fell below flood stage at 230 pm EDT. Minor flooding was reported adjacent to the river. Damage was confined to minor debris removal. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caruthers Mill | 3.3 miles | 18 | |
| Mount Vernon | 4.6 miles | 17 | |
| Good Hope | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Bradley | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Gratis | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pannell | 7.9 miles | 17 | |
| Monroe | 8.8 miles | 17 | |
| Campton | 8.9 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326521. 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.