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Clay Hill, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the South Lincoln census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30817. It stands on Lloyd Creek. The Survey maps it on the Woodlawn quadrangle.

Clay Hill within Lincoln County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 19 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

118 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Clay Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 550 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 burning60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use10
Recreation and ceremony9
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking4
Natural3

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
29 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle use3.3 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 September 2001Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-MCDUFFIE-009
17 September 2001Arson/incendiarism6.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-LINCOLN-004
12 September 2001Arson/incendiarism5.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-LINCOLN-003
24 August 1998Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
23 August 2000Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2001-COLUMBIA-001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lincoln County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Clay Hill: 5 past producers, 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
DillGoldPast ProducerVein
Edmunds ProspectGoldPast ProducerVein
Hilly MineGoldPast ProducerVein
Julia Or Phelps MineGoldProspectVein
Lon Edmonds MineGoldPast Producer
PaschalGoldProspectVein
Ramsey PropertyGoldPast ProducerVein

Every working recorded in Lincoln County

Storms near this place

2 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clay Hill in 2 storm reports between 2001 and 2013: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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
April 2013Tornado (EF0)Clay Hill$12,000NWS storm survey found many trees down along and near Greaham Park Road near Clay Hill.
June 2001Thunderstorm WindClay Hill-Sheriff reported trees down in Clay Hill.

Every storm recorded in Lincoln 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
Salem (historical)2.5 miles19
Amity2.5 miles19
Woodlawn2.7 miles19
Leathersville3.6 miles19
Loce4.4 miles19
Agnes (historical)5.7 miles19
White Rock (historical)6.3 miles16
New Hope6.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 355181. 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.