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Thompson Mill, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Gainesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30506. It stands on Wahoo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Gainesville quadrangle.

Thompson Mill within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 15 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

196 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 196 fires within 5 miles of Thompson Mill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 270 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 26 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 burning107
Arson/incendiarism26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2

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
29 September 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minor2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
18 September 2010Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-006
12 September 1998Arson/incendiarism2.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-HALL-004
21 August 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-HALL-003
13 August 2011Debris and open burning4.3 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-HALL-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 26 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 26 workings within 5 miles of Thompson Mill: 17 prospects, 9 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Merck MineMicaPast Producer
MerkGold, MicaProspectVein
Big Joe MineGoldProspectVein
Brenau CollegeGoldProspectVein
Cool Spring ChurchGoldPast ProducerVein
Currahee MineGoldProspectVein
DeanGoldProspectVein
Elrod/Stephens/Keath/Newton/Ivy Mt./Prater MinesGoldPast ProducerVein
Ivy Mtn.GoldProspectVein
Johnson PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Mill Creek0.4 miles15
Chattahoochee Place0.5 miles15
Happy Valley0.5 miles15
Lanier North Woods0.6 miles15
Country Club Gardens0.6 miles15
Sundown on Lanier0.6 miles15
Le Dan0.6 miles15
Fox Hollow0.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1687081. 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.