Sand Hill, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Barwick-Pavo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31778. The Survey maps it on the Pavo quadrangle.

Sand Hill within Brooks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 8 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.

1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Quitman quadrangle1:62500
1978 USGS Pavo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

189 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 880 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 29 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	127
Arson/incendiarism	29
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Natural	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	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
3 September 1999	Debris and open burning	1.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2016	Debris and open burning	9.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2017-BROOKS-003
23 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 1997	Debris and open burning	9.2 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2007	Debris and open burning	19 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1992	Debris and open burning	5.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brooks County

Storms near this place

10 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Hill in 10 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 2 deaths. 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
January 2017	Tornado (EF3)	Sand Hill	2 killed, $500,000	This was the second tornado to touch down from the same parent tornado that impacted Thomas and northwest Brooks Counties. The tornado touched down at EF-1 strength in northern Brooks County near Georgia Route 122 just west of the Moultrie Highway, snapping trees along the highway. Near the intersection of Georgia Route 133, or the Valdosta Highway, the tornado strengthened to EF-3 blowing out two of the four concrete walls of a small business building. Max winds were estimated near 140 mph. A short distance later, the tornado flipped a strapped-down double wide mobile home and tossed it about 100 feet into a drainage ditch and across Route 122. Two people inside the home were killed. Several nearby trees had their bark stripped off. The tornado then crossed Georgia Route 76 at EF-3 strength and ripped about a third of the second story from a well-built brick home. A short distance up the road, the tornado shifted a wood-framed home about 12 feet off its foundation while removing its second story. This tornado then continued into Cook and Berrien counties. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	$50,000	The Colquitt Electric Membership Corporation reported numerous power poles and power lines down through portions of Berrien, Brooks, Colquitt, Cook, and Lowndes counties.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	$2,000	Trees were blown down near the intersection of Highway 122 and Alderman Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
July 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	$1,000	The Brooks county 911 dispatch reported a tree down on Tallokas Road north of Quitman. Monetary damage was estimated.
August 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	-	Large tree limbs blocked the right land of SR-122 eastbound at Alderman Road.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	-	Two trees and one power line were blown down along Gardner Road.
March 2019	Hail	Sand Hill	-	A picture was posted on social media showing hail near quarter size covering the ground from the Sand Hill area.
June 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	-	Two trees were blown down on Tallokas Road, one near Coffee Road and one near Highway 122.
August 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Sand Hill	-	A tree was blown down near the intersection of Kennedy Hill Road and Coffee Road.
May 2014	Flash Flood	Sand Hill	-	Several roads were closed across the county due to water over the roads.

Every storm recorded in Brooks 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
Tallokas (historical)	2.0 miles	8
New Rock Hill	4.2 miles	9
Old Rock Hill	4.4 miles	9
Shelly	4.7 miles	8
Ione	4.8 miles	9
Pavo	4.9 miles	8
Pebble Hill	6.0 miles	8
Hollis	6.4 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332965. 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.