BlockBefore

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.

Wright Mill within Fannin 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

350 since 1992

Regional 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 burning217
Arson/incendiarism63
Missing data/not specified/undetermined35
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural2
Other causes1

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
4 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1999Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 1996Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
2 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-003
16 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-005
16 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-UNION-004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mineral Bluff QuarryFlagstoneProducer
Dillard & Prince MineStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Samples Rock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Collins PropertyIronProspect
Mineral Bluff AreaIronPast ProducerStratabound Concordant
Owenby PropertyIronProspect
Arp PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Hame String Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence
The Park PropertyMarble, DimensionPast Producer
The Youngstone Creek PropertyMarble, DimensionOccurrence

Every working recorded in Fannin County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2021Flash FloodWright Mill$40,000The 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 2020Flash FloodWright 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.

Every storm recorded in Fannin 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
Maple Grove1.1 miles23
Bryan Mill1.3 miles23
Dora (historical)1.5 miles23
Loving1.7 miles23
Hemp2.1 miles23
Sparks Mill2.7 miles23
Cutcane3.0 miles23
Brown Mill3.0 miles23

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 Q122555510The 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.