BlockNew Rock Hill, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Barney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31625. The Survey maps it on the Berlin East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Berlin East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Moultrie quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Waycross quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
290 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 290 fires within 5 miles of New Rock Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 910 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 38 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 | 183 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 27 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 21 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-COOK-009 |
| 24 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019BROOKS001 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-012 |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BROOKS-011 |
| 18 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names New Rock Hill in 1 storm report in 1995: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | New Rock Hill | $800 | Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees in the north part of the county. More trees were downed in the southern part of the county around 1700. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Rock Hill | 0.6 miles | 9 | |
| Tallokas (historical) | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Barney | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Sand Hill | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Morven | 5.7 miles | 7 | |
| Pebble Hill | 5.8 miles | 8 | |
| Kennedy (historical) | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Ione | 8.5 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.
| Wikidata item Q12894779 | 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 326418. 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.