Wright Mill, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30560. It stands on Beck Branch. The Survey maps it on the Culberson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Culberson quadrangle1:24000
- 1941 USGS Culberson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1942 USGS Culberson quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Culberson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
350 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 350 fires within 5 miles of Wright Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 609 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 63 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 | 217 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1996 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-UNION-003 |
| 16 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-UNION-005 |
| 16 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-UNION-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Wright Mill: 3 past producers, 3 occurrences, 2 producers, 2 prospects. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Marble, Dimension, Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Flagstone. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mineral Bluff Quarry | Flagstone | Producer | ||
| Dillard & Prince Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Samples Rock Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Collins Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Mineral Bluff Area | Iron | Past Producer | Stratabound Concordant | |
| Owenby Property | Iron | Prospect | ||
| Arp Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| The Hame String Creek Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence | ||
| The Park Property | Marble, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| The Youngstone Creek Property | Marble, Dimension | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
2 since 2020Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wright Mill in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2021: 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Wright Mill | $40,000 | The transportation department reported Georgia Highway 76 was washed out near the intersection with Wright Mill Road due to high water on Bryan Creek and Hemptown Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches of rainfall occurred over the area, producing the flash flooding. |
| February 2020 | Flash Flood | Wright Mill | - | The Emergency Manager reported Wrights Mill Road at GA 515 was closed due to flooding of Hemptown Creek. Radar estimates indicate that 3 to 6 inches of rain occurred in a short period of time, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maple Grove | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Bryan Mill | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Dora (historical) | 1.5 miles | 23 | |
| Loving | 1.7 miles | 23 | |
| Hemp | 2.1 miles | 23 | |
| Sparks Mill | 2.7 miles | 23 | |
| Cutcane | 3.0 miles | 23 | |
| Brown Mill | 3.0 miles | 23 |
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 Q122555510 | 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 333473. 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.












