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Hilltop, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Concord-Molena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30206. The Survey maps it on the Concord quadrangle. 245 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 850 feet above sea level.

Hilltop within Pike County

On record in Hilltop

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.

Population over time

3 figures

Hilltop fell from 401 to 245 between 2000 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
2000401
2010262-139 (-35%)
2020245-17 (-6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 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

179 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 179 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 1992 and 2020, burning about 744 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 19 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 burning132
Arson/incendiarism19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
8 September 2019Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PIKE002
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism122 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020PIKE003
29 September 2006Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
21 September 2018Debris and open burning25 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2019PIKE001
21 September 2001Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2002-PIKE-001
20 September 1997Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Pike County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hilltop: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Granite. 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
Flat Rock Porphyritic Granite ProsGraniteProspect

Every working recorded in Pike County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilltop in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 5 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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
October 2020Tornado (EF0)Hilltop$50,000A National Weather Service survey team found that an EF0 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 80 mph and a maximum path width of 200 yards travelled 2.1 miles across a portion of northern Pike County northeast of Concord. The tornado touched down just northeast of Concord near the intersection of Hill Street and West Road snapping or uprooting multiple trees along West Road as it moved north northeast before lifting near the intersection with Hollonville Road. The most extensive damage occurred along West Road near Bottoms Road where several pine trees were uprooted or snapped. No injuries were reported. [10/10/20: Tornado #4, County #1/1, EF-0, Pike, 2020:031].
February 2025Thunderstorm WindHilltop$5,000Multiple trees were downed along oxford circle.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHilltop$2,000Trees down on roadway near Mclendon and Concord St.
April 2019Flash FloodHilltop$2,000Emergency Manager reported closure of Milner Road, north of the Bottoms Road intersection, Turner Road near Hollonville road, and Turner Road between Milner Road and Concord Road. Flooding resulted from high runoff rates due to heavy rain in the area. Radar estimates indicate that four to five inches of rain occurred over a short period of time, with isolated higher amounts to six inches.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindHilltop$1,000A tree was downed along the 1300 block of green street.
January 2024Flash FloodHilltop-The Emergency Manager reported flood water from a nearby creek flooded Friendship Circle, between Pendenville and Hood Roads. Radar estimates indicate between 4 and 5 inches of rain occurred over the area, resulting in the flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodHilltop-The Emergency Manager reported multiple road and intersection closures near Concord due to water over the roadway, including Milner Road at Bottoms Road, Friendship Circle at Pendenville Road, and Hood Road at Friendship Circle. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 3.5 inches of rain occurred over the area, falling on already wet soils and resulting in flash flooding.
January 2020Flash FloodHilltop-The Emergency Manager reported road closures due to flooding, including: Hunter Road, West Milner Road at Bottoms Road, Glover Road and Fossett Road east of Roberts Quarters. Radar estimates indicate that 2.5 to 5 inches of rain occurred over the area in a short period of time, causing the flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodHilltop-The Emergency Manager reported that West Road, north of Bottoms Road, was closed due to flooding. Radar estimates indicate that 1.5 to 2.5 inches of rain occurred, falling on already wet soils, resulting in flash flooding.
January 2012HailHilltop-Amateur radio operators reported 1.00 inch hail from Concord to Meansville.

Every storm recorded in Pike 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
Concord0.9 miles9
Bottoms1.2 miles9
Smiths Chapel2.3 miles9
Jolly2.8 miles9
Pedenville3.5 miles9
Reidsboro3.6 miles9
Hollonville4.4 miles9
Neal4.5 miles9

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 HilltopAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q2254400The 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 1852875. 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.