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Thomas Mill, Georgia

23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Ivylog census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30512. It lies near Jones Top. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.

Thomas Mill within Union County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 23 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

355 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 355 fires within 5 miles of Thomas Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 711 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 55 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 burning229
Arson/incendiarism55
Missing data/not specified/undetermined29
Equipment and vehicle use13
Recreation and ceremony12
Smoking9
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Other causes1
Natural1

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
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceOWENBY
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-003
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-005
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-004
10 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Union County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Thomas Mill: 5 past producers, 5 prospects, 4 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Talc-Soapstone, Marble, Dimension, Iron, Gold. 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
Polk Patterson MineManganesePast ProducerResidual
Collins PropertyIronProspect
Marble QuarryMarble, DimensionPast Producer
Martin Mining PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein
Owenby PropertyIronProspect
Rapier Mill Creek DepositMarble, DimensionOccurrence
Silvey PropertyIronProspect
StannickGoldProspectVein
TeagueGoldProspectVein
The Hame String Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Union 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
Lance Mill1.2 miles23
Lewner1.6 miles23
Pearl2.1 miles23
Bethlehem3.8 miles23
Ivylog4.7 miles23
Rogers (historical)6.1 miles23
Jones Creek6.2 miles23
Youngcane (historical)7.5 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 329975. 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.