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Hillsboro, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31038. The Survey maps it on the Hillsboro quadrangle. It stands 646 feet above sea level.

Hillsboro within Jasper County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

131 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 131 fires within 5 miles of Hillsboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 333 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 9 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 burning94
Arson/incendiarism9
Smoking6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
6 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020JONES005
4 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020JASPER002
15 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2014-JONES-001
9 August 2002Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-JONES-011
7 August 2002Debris and open burning2.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-JASPER-003
26 August 1998Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2007Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 August 2004Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jasper County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hillsboro: 2 prospects. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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
Barron ProspectMicaProspect
Turner ProspectMicaProspect

Every working recorded in Jasper County

Storms near this place

15 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillsboro in 15 storm reports between 1993 and 2022: 10 thunderstorm wind, 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008HailHillsboro$100,000The public observed tennis ball-sized hail along in far southern Jasper county in the Hillsboro area, near the Jones county line. An amateur radio operator observed quarter-sized hail in far southern Jasper county in the Hillsboro area.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$10,000The Jasper County 911 Center reported that several trees were down in the southern part of the county along Georgia Highway 11, as well as Fullterton, Phillips, and Wenut Roads. Most of the tree damage was within the Oconee National Forest area. No structures or other property were reported to have been damaged. Doppler radar data showed a clear mesocyclone detection within this area at the indicated time.
February 1993Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$5,000Five hundred customers were without power in Hillsboro due to several large trees downed on power lines.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$3,000The public reported that an empty chicken house was flattened by strong thunderstorm winds. At the time of the incident, no chickens were housed in the structure.
August 1999Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$2,000Jasper county 911 reported several trees and power lines down in Hillsboro and south of Monticello.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000The Jasper County 911 center reported a tree blown down on Highway 11 just nortrh of the Jones County line.
January 2006Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000The Jasper County Emergency Managment Director reported that a few trees were blown down near Hillsboro in the Oconee National Forest area.
February 2001Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$1,000The Jasper county 911 center reported that three trees were blown down just north of Hillsboro.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$500The Jasper County 911 Center relayed a report of a destroyed chicken coop in Hillsboro.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindHillsboro$500The public reported that a few trees were down in the southern portion of the county.
April 2022HailHillsboro-Report of quarter to half dollar sized hail in Hillsboro.
April 2002Thunderstorm WindHillsboro-The Jasper county 911 center reported pea size hail.
June 2001HailHillsboro-The Jasper County 911 center reported dime size hail.
February 1993HailHillsboro-Hail accumulated 2 to 6 inches deep at Hillsboro.
April 1997HailHillsboro-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jasper 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
Adgateville3.4 miles12
Goolsby3.9 miles12
Kunsford (historical)5.1 miles12
Piedmont (historical)7.0 miles11
Gladesville7.3 miles14
McElheneys Crossroads7.7 miles14
Minneta8.2 miles11
Benton Crossing (historical)8.4 miles11

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 HillsboroAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22058899The 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 356309. 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.