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One of 22 National Register listings published here for Hall County · listed in 1990 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Head's Mill
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 3 buildingss, 3 structuress as contributing to the listing.
- Address. Whitehall Rd., E of jct. with US 23, Lula, 30554
- When was it listed? January 1990
- Category. district
- Census division. Lula
- National Register reference number. 89002301 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
281 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 281 fires within 5 miles of Head's Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 524 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 30 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 | 171 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 30 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 11 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2007 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HALL-007 |
| 21 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HALL-009 |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2016 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HALL-005 |
| 8 August 2004 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Mines and quarries near this property
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Head's Mill: 3 past producers, 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gainesville Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| A.G. Jennings | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Deavours Mine | Gold | Prospect | Placer, Some Vein Prospecting | |
| Glade Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Savage Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer |
Storms near this property
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Lula, the town this property stands in, in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 3 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Lula | $250,000 | A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service concluded that an F0 tornado touched down about 1 mile south of Lula and traveled a long nearly 11-mile path to the north-northwest, terminating near Mossy Creek in southeast White county. Eight miles of the tornado path occurred within Hall county. The majority of the damage with this tornado also occurred in Hall county, especially along a six-mile path near Lula. Along this path, hundreds of trees and many power lines were blown down and eighteen homes, six of which were mobile homes, sustained minor to moderate damaged. The damage was confirmed by the Hall county Sheriff and the Hall County Emergency Management Director at the time of the incident. The overall tornado path within Hall county was eight miles long and 50 yards wide. |
| July 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Lula | $125,000 | An NWS Survey team concluded that an F0 to weak F1 tornado touched down briefly about 3 miles south of Lula in extreme northeast Hall county. The tornado was only on the ground very briefly and lifted before crossing into Banks county. It had a width of 50 to 100 yards. Nonetheless, about one dozen homes were damaged with numerous trees and power lines down in the area as well. The tornado was said to have been visible from the Boy Scout Ranch on Highway 60. Debris was observed swirling in the air. |
| October 2020 | Flash Flood | Lula | $10,000 | The Emergency Manager reported Victoria Lane was washed out due to high water conditions on the North Oconee River. Radar estimates indicate that 6 to 10 inches of rain occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $5,000 | The Hall County 911 Center reported that more than six trees were down from Lula to Gillsville, several of which were on power lines. |
| June 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Lula | $5,000 | Emergency management officials reported a short-lived tornado that uprooted several large trees and downed power lines along U.S. Highway 23. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Lula | $3,000 | The public reported hail ranging in size from peas, to dimes, to nickels to quarters. The hail fell for up to 10 minutes in spots. Dents were observed in an automobile as a result. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $2,000 | The Hall County 911 center reported a tree down near the intersection of Sims Harris Road and W County Line Road. |
| May 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $2,000 | The Hall County 911 Center reported that several trees were blown down across Georgia Highway 52. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $1,000 | Tree down at whitehall rd between cagle mill rd and harris rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $1,000 | Tree down at the intersection of Lula Rd and Burton Dr. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $1,000 | The public reported dime size hail and trees blown down across a road. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Lula | $500 | Hall county 911 reported trees down in Lula. A sheriff's deputy had reported a funnel cloud a few minutes earlier from the same storm. |
| August 2011 | Hail | Lula | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail in and near Lula. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Lula | - | A storm spotter observed penny-sized hail between Lula and Alto in extreme northeast Hall county near the Hall/Banks/Habersham county lines. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Lula | - | The public reported nickel-sized hail on the southwest side of Lula and in Lula in northeast Hall county. Pea-sized hail was reported earlier at 615 pm EDT in Gainesville. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Lula | - | The public observed nickel-sized hail at a Waffle House restaurant. |
| July 2002 | Hail | Lula | - | An amateur radio operator reported nickel to quarter size hail and the public reported nickel size hail. |
| June 2001 | Hail | Lula | - | The Gainesville police department relayed a report of half-dollar size hail. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Listed places nearby
6 within 8 milesOther National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lula Residential Historic District | 3.7 miles | 1985 | |
 | Candler Street School | 7.0 miles | 1982 |
| Green Street-Brenau Historic District | 7.0 miles | 1985 | |
 | Brenau College District | 7.1 miles | 1978 |
| Green Street District | 7.1 miles | 1975 | |
 | Beulah Rucker House-School | 7.1 miles | 1995 |
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 89002301 in Record Group 79. |
| Hall County | All 22 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.