Sand Hill, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carrollton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30180. The Survey maps it on the Villa Rica quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1891 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1895 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000
- 1901 USGS Marietta quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1953 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Villa Rica quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
225 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 225 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 1992 and 2019, burning about 624 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 53 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 | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 53 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CARROLL-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Sand Hill: 2 past producers, 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Gold. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| J.L.Davis Property | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Villa Rica Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Hill in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $150,000 | The Carroll Star News of Carrollton reported that a number of trees and power lines were blown down in the Sand Hill area and near the intersection of Georgia Highway 166 and 61 northeast of Carrollton causing damage to four mobile homes. One of the mobile homes, located on Garden Ridge Drive, was destroyed, leaving four adults and two children homeless. The other other three mobile homes were heavily damaged. |
| February 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $30,000 | Trees fell on a home and a vehicle in the area near Carrollton Villa Rica Highway and Bankhead Highway. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $1,000 | Tree down on a house along sandhill shady grove road near shadowwood lane. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $1,000 | Tree down on home along 1700 block of Bankhead Hwy near Carrollton near Old Airport Rd. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $1,000 | Tree down on a house along Laurel Trace . |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $1,000 | Public report of a tree down at the 200 block of Riviera Dr. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $1,000 | Tree reported down near intersection of Carrollton Villa Rica Hwy and Brooks Rd. |
| May 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $1,000 | Carroll county 911 reported power lines blown down between Villa Rica and Carrollton. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Curtis | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shady Grove | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| Ithaca | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Lang (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Hodge (historical) | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| Hickory Heights | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Castlegate East | 3.8 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332967. 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.









