Rock Hill, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Blakely census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39823. It stands on Chancey Mill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbia quadrangle.

Rock Hill within Early 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1970 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Columbia quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

237 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 237 fires within 5 miles of Rock Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,030 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 18 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	119
Railroad operations and maintenance	53
Equipment and vehicle use	23
Arson/incendiarism	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	5
Smoking	2
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
30 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 2003	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
28 September 1993	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
27 September 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	2.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Early 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 Rock Hill: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Columbia Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Early County

Storms near this place

5 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rock Hill in 5 storm reports between 2014 and 2022: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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
April 2021	Tornado (EF1)	Rock Hill	$75,000	The tornado touched down near Howard Landing Road in western Early County. There was minor damage to a mobile home near Jack Wright Road. An outbuilding and camper were destroyed at this location. Extensive tree damage was observed at a home along Highway 39. Roof damage was also noted at this location. The tornado continued eastward, causing sporadic tree damage before dissipating at N. Main Street in Blakely. The damage rating of EF1 with max winds estimated at 95 mph was based on the extensive tree damage and minor damage to homes.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Hill	$1,000	Trees and power lines were blown down on Martin Road.
January 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Hill	-	A tree was blown down on Martin Road.
December 2019	Tornado (EF0)	Rock Hill	-	A brief EF0 tornado touched down near Rock Hill Road and Chancey Mill Road southwest of Blakely. A few trees were snapped and blown down in different directions, and a small dual-pol debris signature was noted on KEOX radar. Max winds were estimated around 80 mph.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Rock Hill	-	A tree was blown down onto Martin Road.

Every storm recorded in Early 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
Luke	1.8 miles	9
Freeman	2.8 miles	9
Hilton	3.3 miles	9
Sawhatchee	3.6 miles	9
Pleasant Hill (historical)	5.5 miles	8
McLendon (historical)	5.5 miles	8
Blakely	6.2 miles	8
Centerville	8.1 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332879. 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.