Sand Hill, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Fort Benning census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31905. It stands on Tiger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Columbus quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 26 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.
- 1908 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
- 1999 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
36 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Sand Hill between 1992 and 2018, burning about 228 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 13 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 11 September 2002 | Smoking | 34 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-MUSCOGEE-001 |
| 29 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 July 1995 | Natural | 11 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 July 1993 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 July 2000 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Sand Hill: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Metal, Zirconium, Kyanite, REE | Producer | Ilmenite, Kyanite, Quartz, Rutile, Zircon | |
| Woolfolk Mine | Clay | Producer | ||
| Brown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Dixieland Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sand Plant Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sand Hill in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sand Hill | $5,000 | The Muscogee County 911 Center reported that more than half-a-dozen trees and power lines were down across the county, especially in the Columbus area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McGraw Manor | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Esquiline (historical) | 1.6 miles | 26 | |
| Battle Forest | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Cedar Hills | 1.8 miles | 26 | |
| Booker Washington Heights | 1.9 miles | 26 | |
| Benning Hills | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Quail Creek | 2.1 miles | 26 | |
| Mount Vernon | 2.2 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 357520. 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.










