Cedar Hill, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Trenton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30738. It stands on Stewart Town Creek. The Survey maps it on the Trenton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1886 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Stevenson quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1936 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000, 5 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 Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Trenton quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
445 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 445 fires within 5 miles of Cedar Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 4,669 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 107 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 | 264 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 107 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 14 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE005 |
| 7 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DADE-003 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-DADE-002 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DADE-006 |
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE008 |
| 24 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020DADE006 |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2015-DADE-004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Cedar Hill: 8 past producers, 3 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Dimension, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halloysite Mine | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Progressive Industries Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Iron and Steel Co Quarry | Stone, Dimension | Past Producer | ||
| Phoenix Iron & Coal Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Sutton & Austin Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Prospect | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed, Lot 37, 11th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Rising Fawn Area | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cedar Hill in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cedar Hill | $8,000 | The Dade County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down near I-59 at exit 4 as well as trees and power lines blown down at the intersection of Highway 11 South and Lambert Lane. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Cedar Hill | - | Report of 1.5 inch hail near Daniel Trace Dr off of South Sunset Dr. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart Town | 1.3 miles | 23 | |
| Tatum (historical) | 2.2 miles | 23 | |
| Union | 2.4 miles | 23 | |
| Plum Nelly | 3.2 miles | 25 | |
| Gass | 3.6 miles | 23 | |
| Rising Fawn | 3.7 miles | 23 | |
| Trenton | 4.4 miles | 23 | |
| Avans | 5.0 miles | 25 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 334378. 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.










