BlockCenter Hill, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Funston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31768. The Survey maps it on the Hartsfield quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Hartsfield quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
215 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 215 fires within 5 miles of Center Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,095 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 27 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 | 152 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLQUITT-004 |
| 3 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COLQUITT-009 |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT012 |
| 23 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT008 |
| 22 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020COLQUITT006 |
| 16 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-COLQUITT-006 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
16 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Center Hill in 16 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Center Hill | $100,000 | This long-track tornado was produced by the same thunderstorm that spawned a tornado in upstream Pelham, GA. The tornado touched down south of Moultrie, GA just west of U.S. 319 and produced damage consistent with EF-1 winds through most of its long track. Most of the damage was in the form of snapped or uprooted trees. As the tornado crossed GA route 133, it caused significant damage to a warehouse at the Farmer's Gin and Peanut Company. The tornado reached its maximum intensity of 110 mph, which is just shy of EF-2, at the east end of Pike Creek Turf Circle. Here it snapped many large pine trees at their base. The tornado caused some minor roof damage to a home on McConnell Bridge Road before flipping a small plane upside down at the Cook County Airport. The tornado crossed I-75 at the Adel, GA exit damaging several billboards and tall signs. In downtown Adel, the tornado ripped off large sections of two warehouses on 3rd Street belonging to the Adel Ice Company. Many trees were toppled onto homes in the vicinity of East 9th and 10th Streets. Winds were|estimated to be 95-100 mph in Adel. The tornado continued eastward snapping a few trees on GA Highway 37 East and in the Indian Creek Road subdivision. The tornado then snapped trees on Register Road and significantly damaged a large shed before|lifting. It should be noted that a large swath of straight-line wind damage occurred to the south of the tornado track along much of its length from the Langdale Parkway in Colquitt County through Cecil, GA and eastward into northwestern Lanier County. These winds were estimated to be 90-95 mph in Cecil. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | $50,000 | Some damage to structures was reported near the Hamilton School area. |
| February 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | $25,000 | Numerous trees, power lines, and power poles were blown down across Colquitt county. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | $15,000 | Straight line winds uprooted four oak trees on a property in southwestern Colquitt county. One tree landed on a house. Damage cost was estimated. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Center Hill | $10,000 | The same parent supercell that produced a tornado in Grady/Thomas County continued to track northwest and produced another tornado touchdown in SW Colquitt County. This tornado touched down in a wooded area just east of Monroe Jackson Road, but west of GA-202. Numerous large pines were snapped or uprooted in this area. Snapped or uprooted pines fell on an outbuilding and a home in the area. The occupant in the home was not injured. The tornado continued through a wooded area before reaching another residence, causing loss of roof shingles to a portion of the roof frame. A storage shed to the rear of the property was also affected by tornadic winds and a falling pine tree. The tornado crossed GA-202 and began to weaken while still causing occasional damage to pine trees and ultimately toppling an irrigation pivot system on the east side of GA-202 before lifting with the final parent supercell dissipating across SW Colquitt County. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | $5,000 | Trees were blown down all over Colquitt county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | $1,000 | A power line was reported down on Paul Murphy Road. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | - | A trained spotter measured a wind gust of 65 mph. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | - | Trees were blown down on Lower Meigs Road. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | - | Trees were blown down along Bay Rockford Road. |
| January 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | - | Trees were blown down along Myron Hall Road. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Center Hill | - | A tree was blown down across Highway 111 near the Colquitt-Mitchell county line. |
| March 2012 | Heavy Rain | Center Hill | - | A 24 hour total of 3.48 inches was measured at GA-CQ-2. |
| January 2010 | Flash Flood | Center Hill | - | Several roads flooded from fast rising creeks and tributaries around the county. |
| March 2009 | Funnel Cloud | Center Hill | - | A funnel cloud was sighted at State Road 111 and Kendallwood Church Road. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Center Hill | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331366. 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.