BlockSteam Mill, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Steam Mill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39845. The Survey maps it on the Steam Mill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Steam Mill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Steam Mill quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Steam Mill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
222 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Steam Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 929 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 7 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 | 156 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020SEMINOLE004 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steam Mill in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2025: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Mill | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across the road at Highway 91 and River Road. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Mill | - | Seminole County 911 reported a tree down on River Road near Eddie Chance Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Mill | - | The UGA Steam Mill mesonet site gusted to 56 knots. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Mill | - | The UGA mesonet station at Steam Mill gusted to 58 mph. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steam Mill | - | A tree was blown down at Oakview Church Post Road and Highway 285. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverturn | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Neals Landing | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Little Hope | 4.3 miles | 8 | |
| Town and Country Estates | 5.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lela | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Donalsonville | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Pine Lake Estates | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Desser | 8.1 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333122. 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.
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.