Dillard, Georgia
24 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mountain City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30537. It stands on Sutton Branch. The Survey maps it on the Dillard quadrangle. 337 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,165 feet above sea level.
On record in Dillard
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 3 records
Hambidge Center Historic Districtlisted 1982
Asbury and Sallie Hodgson Houselisted 2011- William E. and Sarah Dillard Powell Houselisted 2008
Population over time
2 figuresDillard fell from 339 to 337 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 339 | |
| 2020 | 337 | -2 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 24 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 Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1896 USGS Walhalla quadrangle1:125000
- 1935 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Dillard quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
103 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Dillard between 1992 and 2019, burning about 588 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 14 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 | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | WILD TURKEY RUN |
| 22 July 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | MYSTERY |
| 21 July 2008 | Natural | 107 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WILSON KNOB |
| 6 May 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | North Carolina Forest Service | CABE |
| 3 May 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | AMERICUS |
| 26 May 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2016-RABUN-009 |
| 19 May 2006 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WOLFFORK |
| 12 May 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | National Forests in North Carolina | WINDING RIDGE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Dillard: 3 past producers, 1 prospect, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Silver, Olivine, Asbestos, Vermiculite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dillard/Ledford Placers | Gold, Silver | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| National Olivine No 9 Mine | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Norton Chromite Prospect | Chromium, Iron | Prospect | 1870 | |
| Norton Dunite Deposit | Olivine, Asbestos, Vermiculite | Past Producer | Olivine, Vermiculite | |
| Norton Dunite Deposit | Silica, Asbestos, Magnesite, Vermiculite | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
16 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dillard in 16 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 flash flood, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | $5,000 | County comms reported a tree blown down on a vehicle on White Oak Ln. |
| August 2002 | Flood | Dillard | $5,000 | Water flooded the parking lot at a supermarket, and some water entered the store. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Dillard | $1,000 | Although rainfall tapered off across Rabun County throughout the afternoon, high water conditions persisted across the county due to runoff from the excessive rainfall earlier in the day. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Dillard | $500 | After more than 3 inches of rain fell across the northeast Georgia mountains in just a few hours, public reported Mud Creek was overflowing its banks in the Sky Valley community, with Sky Valley Way being impassable. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | County comms reported trees blown down on Highway 246 and on Crusher Run Rd. |
| June 2022 | Hail | Dillard | - | Public reported (via Social Media) nickel to quarter sized hail along Spy Glass Circle. |
| July 2012 | Flash Flood | Dillard | - | Around 4 inches of rain fell across northern Rabun County during the early morning hours, causing Sutton Branch Creek to flood Neville Rd. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | Numerous trees were blown down across the county. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | Multiple trees were blown down and and minor roof damage was reported in Dillard. |
| November 2011 | Flash Flood | Dillard | - | Greenwood Dr and Lamb Rd were flooded on the north side of Dillard. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Dillard | - | Dime hail and non-specific report of high wind. |
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Hail | Dillard | - | no account filed |
| February 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dillard | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| York | 2.4 miles | 24 | |
| Sky Valley | 3.1 miles | 24 | |
| Mountain City | 3.6 miles | 24 | |
| Dickerson Mill | 3.7 miles | 24 | |
| Spring Lake | 4.2 miles | 24 | |
| Kilby Mill | 5.8 miles | 24 | |
| Clayton | 6.4 miles | 24 | |
| Germany | 6.6 miles | 24 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Dillard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q944998 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 327649. 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.









