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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.

Dillard within Rabun County

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

Population over time

2 figures

Dillard 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.

YearPeople Change
2010339
2020337-2 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 24 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

103 since 1992

Regional 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined19
Arson/incendiarism14
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Other causes1

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
14 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceWILD TURKEY RUN
22 July 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.4 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestMYSTERY
21 July 2008Natural107 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWILSON KNOB
6 May 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceCABE
3 May 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestAMERICUS
26 May 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2016-RABUN-009
19 May 2006Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresChattahoochee-Oconee National ForestWOLFFORK
12 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreNational Forests in North CarolinaWINDING RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rabun County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dillard/Ledford PlacersGold, SilverPast ProducerStream Placer
National Olivine No 9 MineMagnesiteProducer
Norton Chromite ProspectChromium, IronProspect1870
Norton Dunite DepositOlivine, Asbestos, VermiculitePast ProducerOlivine, Vermiculite
Norton Dunite DepositSilica, Asbestos, Magnesite, VermiculitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Rabun County

Storms near this place

16 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2015Thunderstorm WindDillard$5,000County comms reported a tree blown down on a vehicle on White Oak Ln.
August 2002FloodDillard$5,000Water flooded the parking lot at a supermarket, and some water entered the store.
February 2020FloodDillard$1,000Although 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 2015Flash FloodDillard$500After 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 2024Thunderstorm WindDillard-County comms reported trees blown down on Highway 246 and on Crusher Run Rd.
June 2022HailDillard-Public reported (via Social Media) nickel to quarter sized hail along Spy Glass Circle.
July 2012Flash FloodDillard-Around 4 inches of rain fell across northern Rabun County during the early morning hours, causing Sutton Branch Creek to flood Neville Rd.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDillard-Numerous trees were blown down across the county.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindDillard-Multiple trees were blown down and and minor roof damage was reported in Dillard.
November 2011Flash FloodDillard-Greenwood Dr and Lamb Rd were flooded on the north side of Dillard.
June 2005HailDillard-Dime hail and non-specific report of high wind.
February 2006Thunderstorm WindDillard-no account filed
August 2002HailDillard-no account filed
February 1997Thunderstorm WindDillard-no account filed
June 1996Thunderstorm WindDillard-no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindDillard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rabun 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
York2.4 miles24
Sky Valley3.1 miles24
Mountain City3.6 miles24
Dickerson Mill3.7 miles24
Spring Lake4.2 miles24
Kilby Mill5.8 miles24
Clayton6.4 miles24
Germany6.6 miles24

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 DillardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q944998The 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.