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.
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
Coheelee Creek Covered Bridgelisted 1976
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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 Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
291 since 1992Regional 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 maintenance | 116 |
| Debris and open burning | 115 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1997 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020EARLY009 |
| 23 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-EARLY-015 |
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 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Unnamed Deposit | Iron | Occurrence |
Storms near this place
6 since 2003Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF0) | Hilton | $5,000 | A 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilton | $5,000 | Train cars were blown over in the Hilton area. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilton | $5,000 | A pine tree was blown down along with some roof damage and a broken flag pole in the Hilton area. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilton | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Early county. Monetary damage was estimated. |
| January 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hilton | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 62 and Lower River Road. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Hilton | - | Dime size hail reported by the Early County EMA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sawhatchee | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Hill | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Luke | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Freeman | 5.0 miles | 9 | |
| McLendon (historical) | 6.6 miles | 8 | |
| Cedar Springs | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Lucile | 8.4 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 Hilton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q24191757 | 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 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.





