Steeles Mill, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Towalaga census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30248. The Survey maps it on the Luella quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Luella quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
256 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 256 fires within 5 miles of Steeles Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 657 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 43 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 | 140 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 43 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 1999 | Smoking | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-SPALDING-010 |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Steeles Mill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flatrock Quarry | Granite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Steeles Mill in 6 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 6 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steeles Mill | $3,000 | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of three trees down along the 1600 and 1700 blocks of Locust Grove Road. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steeles Mill | $1,000 | Emergency manager reported a tree down at the intersection of Amelia Rd and Apple Rd. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steeles Mill | $1,000 | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a tree down in the 300 block of East Anderson Road. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steeles Mill | $1,000 | The Emergency Manager relayed a report of a downed tree in the 600 block of Wallace Road. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steeles Mill | $1,000 | Tree down at 2000 block of Locust Grove Rd . |
| September 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Steeles Mill | $1,000 | The Spalding County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Chuli Road and Locust Grove Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Grove | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Walker Mill | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Towalaga | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| East Griffin | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pomona | 7.8 miles | 9 | |
| Griffin | 7.9 miles | 9 | |
| Highland Mills | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Caruso | 8.1 miles | 9 |
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 Q122543227 | 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 330991. 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.




