Gray Hill, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the West Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31833. The Survey maps it on the Cannonville quadrangle.

Gray Hill within Troup County

On record in Gray Hill

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 within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Rutledge Houselisted 1977 · 0.7 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Cannonville quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Gray Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 831 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 13 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	93
Smoking	14
Arson/incendiarism	13
Equipment and vehicle use	13
Natural	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	10
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Recreation and ceremony	4

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
8 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1997	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2002	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2003-TROUP-006
25 September 2007	Equipment and vehicle use	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-HARRIS-002
15 September 1999	Debris and open burning	2.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	4.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
11 September 2007	Natural	59 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Troup 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 Gray Hill: 4 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold, Beryllium, Mica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status
Hogg Mine	Mica, Beryllium	Past Producer
Rockford Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Rockford Placer	Gold	Past Producer
Smith's Store Prospect	Mica	Prospect
Word Prospect	Beryllium	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Troup 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Plantation Manor	2.1 miles	15
Hogg Mountain	2.3 miles	15
Smoke Rise	2.4 miles	15
Gabbettville	3.0 miles	15
Cannonville	3.1 miles	15
Wood Valley	3.1 miles	15
Pioneer Village	3.2 miles	15
Baughs Crossroads	3.4 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331854. 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.