Brown Hill, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Northeast Bleckley census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31017. The Survey maps it on the Danville West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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.
- 1956 USGS Jeffersonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Danville West quadrangle1:24000
- 1978 USGS Macon quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
381 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 381 fires within 5 miles of Brown Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,308 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 21 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 | 228 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 63 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Smoking | 19 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021BLECKLEY002 |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 16 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BLECKLEY003 |
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TWIGGS-002 |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BLECKLEY-005 |
| 30 September 2005 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-BLECKLEY-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Brown Hill in 2 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Hill | $2,000 | The broadcast media reported trees blown down along Highway 112 north of Cary. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Brown Hill | $1,000 | Tree downed along hwy 278 just south of Mobley White Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cary | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Goldsboro | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Powell | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rebie | 7.7 miles | 8 | |
| Five Points | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Royal | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Coley | 10.9 miles | 10 | |
| McGriff (historical) | 11.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342368. 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.
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.






