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Hughland, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Reidsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30453. The Survey maps it on the Reidsville East quadrangle.

Hughland within Tattnall County

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

383 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 383 fires within 5 miles of Hughland between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,175 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 108 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 burning202
Arson/incendiarism108
Natural18
Misuse of fire by a minor18
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Recreation and ceremony6

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
5 September 2002Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-TATTNALL-016
30 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
28 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2006Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2005Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020TATTNALL010
22 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tattnall County

Storms near this place

11 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hughland in 11 storm reports between 2007 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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
August 2024Flash FloodHughland$20,000A Tattnall County emergency manager reported a collapsed section of Levi Kennedy Road near Hodges Pond due to floodwaters.
May 2008Thunderstorm WindHughland$10,000Numerous trees were reported down between Reidsville and Glennville. The Tattnall County Emergency Manager reported that all trees were blown down in one direction and consistent with straight line wind damage.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHughland$2,000The public reported trees down along portions of Jones Lake.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHughland$1,000The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported a tree down near the intersection of Bubba Kennedy Drive and Cox Road.
April 2014Thunderstorm WindHughland$1,000Chicken Houses damaged by thunderstorm winds on Bea Durrance Road.
November 2007Thunderstorm WindHughland$500One pine tree was reported down between Glennville and Reidsville on Highway 23 South.
May 2024HailHughland-Hail at least the size of quarters was reported a Tattnall County High School.
February 2016Flash FloodHughland-The Tattnall County 911 Call Center reported Dewitt Tatem Road closed between Lelia Mccloed Road and Leonard Iddings Road due to flooding.
March 2015Thunderstorm WindHughland-A metal roof was blown off a large chicken coop at the end of George McLeod Road.
March 2015Thunderstorm WindHughland-A tree was blown down onto a car and numerous other trees were snapped near Highway 121 and Pineview Baptist Church. Trees were also blocking Thomas Lane.
June 2012HailHughland-A trained spotter reported 1 inch hail.

Every storm recorded in Tattnall 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
Bradleys (historical)2.6 miles9
Reidsville4.4 miles9
Purvis (historical)5.2 miles19
Mendes5.3 miles17
Lynn7.0 miles17
Tison7.6 miles8
Manassas8.2 miles8
Five Points8.6 miles8

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.

Wikidata item Q122545401The 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 332041. 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.

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.