Oak Hill, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Covington-Porterdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30016. The Survey maps it on the Kelleytown quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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.

1888 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1890 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1892 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000
1895 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Kelleytown quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

247 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 247 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 598 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 33 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	114
Misuse of fire by a minor	40
Arson/incendiarism	33
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	22
Smoking	13
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Recreation and ceremony	9
Natural	5

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
8 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
8 September 1996	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
4 September 2016	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-NEWTON-002
30 September 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020NEWTON003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 1 prospect. 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
	Jack Bell Prospect	Mica	Prospect

Every working recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

9 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 9 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 lightning. 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
July 2012	Lightning	Oak Hill	$10,000	The Newton County Emergency Manager reported that five houses were struck by lightning in Oak Hill. One strike resulted in a small fire that was quickly extinguished.
May 2025	Tornado (EF0)	Oak Hill	$4,000	An EF0 tornado with maximum winds of 75 mph touched down in\|Western Newton County Saturday evening May 3 2025 at\|approximately 902PM EDT. The tornado formed within a strong\|line of thunderstorms which moved through much of north and\|Central GA that Saturday Evening. The tornado touched down just\|inside the Rockdale Newton County line along Buckingham Drive\|where a couple trees were downed and significant leaf debris was\|noted. The storm continued east downing a few trees along Hwy\|20 near the intersection of Oak Hill Road. The tornado snapped\|2 trees along Hwy 212 as it continued east and weakening. The\|tornado lifted in the area near Tara Way and Oakhill road.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Oak Hill	$3,000	Several trees were downed onto power lines alongside hwy 20 near Bailey Creek Rd.
July 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Oak Hill	$2,000	The Newton County 911 center reported trees blown down at Oak Hill Road and Highway 212 and at Highway 278 and Highway 142.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Oak Hill	$1,000	A tree was downed on Brown Bridge Rd near the intersection of hwy 212.
May 2008	Tornado (EF0)	Oak Hill	$1,000	A damage survey conducted by the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Peachtree City, Georgia confirmed that the tornado, which began as an EF2 in northeast Clayton county and continued across northern Henry and southern Rockdale counties, continued into extreme western Newton county. The tornado weakened to an EF0 as it entered Henry county and continued as an EF0 across Henry, Rockdale and Newton counties. The tornado lifted near or just east of Georgia Highway 20 from 2.5 to 3.0 miles north of Oak Hill. Damage was confined to several trees and power lines in this area. No structural damage was reported. The tornado path was less than one mile within Newton county with a maximum path width of 100 yards.
July 2008	Hail	Oak Hill	-	The public observed penny-sized hail in far western Newton county on Georgia Highway 212 near the Rockdale county line.
June 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Oak Hill	-	Several reports of wind damage were received from the public and the Newton County 911 Center. The public reported that several trees had been uprooted on Hardeman Lane in Oak Hill and some fences were blown down. Another public report indicated that yet another large tree had been uprooted at another location in Oak Hill. The Newton County 911 Center reported that two large trees were blown down near the intersection of Georgia Highways 212 and 20, just northwest of Oak Hill near the Rockdale county line.
June 2006	Hail	Oak Hill	-	The public reported quarter-sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Newton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
West Forest	0.7 miles	18
Oakbrook	0.8 miles	18
Buckingham	0.9 miles	18
Stone Creek	1.4 miles	18
Barrington	1.7 miles	18
Oakwood	2.0 miles	18
Rio Ranch	2.0 miles	18
Shoal Creek	2.1 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332529. 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.