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Hilton, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Blakely census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39823. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.

Hilton within Early County

On record in Hilton

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 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Hilton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,323 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 20 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
Railroad operations and maintenance116
Debris and open burning115
Arson/incendiarism20
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1997Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 1999Debris and open burning5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020EARLY009
23 September 2016Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-EARLY-015

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Early County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Hilton: 3 occurrences, 3 unknowns, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Columbia PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence
Unnamed DepositIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Early County

Storms near this place

6 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hilton in 6 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 4 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
April 2025Tornado (EF0)Hilton$5,000A tornado touched down in in a field just south of Martin Road and then snapped a few pine trees as it crossed the road. The tornado then continued northeast across mainly streams, forest and open fields before causing minor damage to the Early County Elementary School and a nearby tree. The tornado likely lifted before reaching Freeman Road. The tree damage supports a maximum wind of 80 mph and an EF0 rating.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindHilton$5,000Train cars were blown over in the Hilton area.
May 2023Thunderstorm WindHilton$5,000A pine tree was blown down along with some roof damage and a broken flag pole in the Hilton area.
January 2013Thunderstorm WindHilton$5,000Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Early county. Monetary damage was estimated.
January 2026Thunderstorm WindHilton$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 62 and Lower River Road.
April 2003HailHilton-Dime size hail reported by the Early County EMA.

Every storm recorded in Early 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
Sawhatchee2.1 miles9
Rock Hill3.3 miles9
Luke4.9 miles9
Freeman5.0 miles9
McLendon (historical)6.6 miles8
Cedar Springs7.4 miles9
Liberty7.6 miles9
Lucile8.4 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 HiltonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q24191757The 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 356313. 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.