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.
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.
R. F. Strickland Companylisted 1982 · 0.9 miles away
Population over time
3 figuresHilltop 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 401 | |
| 2010 | 262 | -139 (-35%) |
| 2020 | 245 | -17 (-6%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Concord quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
179 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 132 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PIKE002 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 122 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020PIKE003 |
| 29 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019PIKE001 |
| 21 September 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-PIKE-001 |
| 20 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Flat Rock Porphyritic Granite Pros | Granite | Prospect |
Storms near this place
10 since 2012Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Hilltop | $50,000 | A 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilltop | $5,000 | Multiple trees were downed along oxford circle. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilltop | $2,000 | Trees down on roadway near Mclendon and Concord St. |
| April 2019 | Flash Flood | Hilltop | $2,000 | Emergency 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilltop | $1,000 | A tree was downed along the 1300 block of green street. |
| January 2024 | Flash Flood | Hilltop | - | 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Hilltop | - | 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Hilltop | - | 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Hilltop | - | 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 2012 | Hail | Hilltop | - | Amateur radio operators reported 1.00 inch hail from Concord to Meansville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concord | 0.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bottoms | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Smiths Chapel | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jolly | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Pedenville | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Reidsboro | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hollonville | 4.4 miles | 9 | |
| Neal | 4.5 miles | 9 |
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 Hilltop | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2254400 | The 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.




