BlockMountain Hill, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1907 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31811. It lies near German Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Bartletts Ferry Dam quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1907 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000
- 1909 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Bartletts Ferry Dam quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Opelika quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
109 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Mountain Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 672 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 16 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 | 61 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 65 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HARRIS-004 |
| 6 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-HARRIS-006 |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mountain Hill in 7 storm reports between 1997 and 2018: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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 2011 | Hail | Mountain Hill | $1,050,000 | The public and amateur radio operators observed quarter, golf ball, and baseball-sized hail across the county from Mountain Hill to northeast of Pine Mountain Valley. The largest hail, golf ball to baseball-sized was observed near and just east of Hamilton, decreasing to east of Pine-Mountain Valley. |
| October 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Hill | $50,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported that over a dozen trees and several power lines were down across the southern one-half of the county, roughly from Mountain Hill to just Waverly Hall and southward. Two homes sustained minor to moderate damage from downed trees. Trees were down along Georgia Highways 219 and 103 south of Hamilton. Several other local or county roads were blocked by downed trees. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Hill | $10,000 | The Harris County 911 Center reported widespread damage to trees and power lines across the county. At least a 100 trees were down across the county. The thunderstorm responsible for this damage tracked from just west-southwest of Mountain Hill to the northeast corner of the county, northeast of Pine Mountain Valley. There was a brief EF0 tornado embedded within this that touched down approximately five miles southeast of Hamilton. |
| September 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Hill | $2,000 | The Harris County Emergency Management Director reported that thunderstorm downburst winds blew over a chicken coop. The winds also blew in the front and back doors of a nearby barn. The doors were closed prior to the incident. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Hill | $1,000 | A report was received on social media of a tree blown down across Highway 219 blocking the road near the intersection with Mountain Hill Road. |
| October 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Mountain Hill | $500 | Troup county 911 reported several trees were knocked down on power lines in the Pine Lake and Mountain Hill areas. |
| June 2000 | Hail | Mountain Hill | - | The public reported golfball size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clines Crossroads | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Antioch | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 3.8 miles | 14 | |
| Acton (historical) | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| New Hope | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Mulberry Grove | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Copeland (historical) | 5.8 miles | 11 | |
| Pine Lake | 6.0 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 356409. 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.