BlockLiberty Hill, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Milner census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30257. The Survey maps it on the Orchard Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1951 USGS Barnesville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1973 USGS Orchard Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
326 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 326 fires within 5 miles of Liberty Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 829 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 35 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 | 215 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 17 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-LAMAR-003 |
| 23 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2001 | Debris and open burning | 5.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-LAMAR-001 |
| 7 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Liberty Hill: 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coggins Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Doc Irwin Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J I Taylor Prospects | Mica | Prospect | ||
| J W Brown Deposit | Mica | Occurrence | ||
| Taylor Prospect | Mica | Prospect |
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Liberty Hill in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $7,000 | A swath of damage occurred across northern Lamar county blowing down at least 7 trees along a path near GA-7. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $6,000 | The Lamar County Emergency Manager reported trees and power lines blown down along Highway 36 north of Barnesville. |
| November 2014 | Tornado (EF1) | Liberty Hill | $5,000 | A NWS storm survey team found that an EF-1 tornado, with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH, touched down in Lamar County near the intersection of State Highway 36 and High Falls Park Road. The tornado tracked northeast nearly 4.5 miles before crossing into Butts County along Bucksnort Road just west of Interstate Highway 75. The tornado caused mainly damage to trees with numerous hardwood and softwood trees snapped or uprooted. [11/23/14: Tornado #8, County #1-3, EF1, Lamar-Butts-Newton, 2014:025]. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $3,000 | Several trees uprooted along high falls park road. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $2,000 | The Lamar County Sheriff's Office reported that several trees and power lines were blown down in the northern half of the county. |
| May 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Liberty Hill | $1,000 | The Lamar county 911 center reported that two to three trees were blown down in Liberty Hill and one window was blown out of an old building. Further east in Johnstonville, a tree was blown down onto a power line. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chappel | 2.6 miles | 11 | |
| Patillo | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Milner | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Weldons Crossroads | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Unionville | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Five Points | 4.7 miles | 11 | |
| Johnstonville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Goggins | 5.8 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356355. 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.