Hills, Georgia
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Clarkesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30523. It stands on Law Creek. The Survey maps it on the Clarkesville quadrangle.
On record in Hills
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 4 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- McMillan-Garrison Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
- Robert McMillan Houselisted 1982 · 0.4 miles away
- South Washington Street Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 0.6 miles away
- Washington-Jefferson Street Historic Districtlisted 1982 · 1.0 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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 Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1896 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000
- 1903 USGS Dahlonega quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Clarkesville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Toccoa quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
280 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 280 fires within 5 miles of Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 28 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 | 185 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020HABERSHAM001 |
| 6 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 1997 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hills: 5 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold, Iron, Kyanite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksville District Kyn Occurrence | Kyanite | Past Producer | 1932 | |
| Piedmont College Farm | Iron | Past Producer | Residual | |
| H. Woods | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Nichols Placer | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Habersham Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Stamborough Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hills in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hills | - | County comms reported a tree blown down with power outages at the intersection of Old Highway 441 at Abbington way and at Old 441 and Thacker Rd. Another tree was down at the Orchard Rd and Orchard Dr. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Hills | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail fell from the north side of Clarkesville to Demorest. Golf ball size hail broke a car windshield in Clarkesville. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hills | - | A couple of trees were blown down near the intersection of Walls Bridge Rd and New Liberty Rd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkesville | 1.0 miles | 18 | |
| Habersham Station (historical) | 1.2 miles | 18 | |
| Soquee (historical) | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bert (historical) | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Dixon Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Shorts Mill | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Habersham | 2.4 miles | 18 | |
| Demorest | 2.9 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351396. 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.







