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Windmill Creek, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the North Paulding census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30132. The Survey maps it on the Dallas quadrangle.

Windmill Creek within Paulding County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 17 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

343 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 343 fires within 5 miles of Windmill Creek between 1992 and 2019, burning about 2,140 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 127 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 burning137
Arson/incendiarism127
Railroad operations and maintenance19
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Natural7
Smoking5
Recreation and ceremony5

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
30 September 2007Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
30 September 1993Debris and open burning1.1 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Arson/incendiarism2.8 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burning2.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1999Arson/incendiarism16 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Paulding County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Windmill Creek: 11 prospects, 6 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Mica, Feldspar, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cochran PropertyManganeseProspect1918
Fred Dukes ProspectSulfurProspect
Gamel QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Turner ProspectMica, FeldsparProspect
Poole ProspectMicaProspect
Dunaway MineGoldPast ProducerVein
HobbsGoldProspectVein
HodgesGoldProspectVein
Mathews PropertyGoldPast ProducerStream Placer
Merrit ProspectGoldProspectVein

Every working recorded in Paulding 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
Saddle Up Estates0.3 miles17
Remus1.2 miles16
Braswell Corners1.5 miles18
Burnt Hickory Acres1.6 miles17
Westfork2.1 miles18
Forrister2.7 miles17
McPherson3.4 miles16
Westward Ho3.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349975. 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.