Silver Hill, Georgia
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Little Sand Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30747. The Survey maps it on the Summerville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1886 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1899 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Rome quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Summerville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Rome quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
336 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 336 fires within 5 miles of Silver Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,844 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 120 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 | 155 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 120 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CHATTOOGA-017 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CHATTOOGA-025 |
| 18 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
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 Silver Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Aluminum. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culbertson Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Maddox's Mine Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Maddox's Mine Area-B | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Silver Hill in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver Hill | $5,000 | Dispatch reported multiple power lines down along Silver Leaf Drive. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Silver Hill | $1,000 | Tree down along Rocking R Ranch Circle near Clarks Creek. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Silver Hill | - | The Emergency Manager reported the intersection of Foster Hill Manning and Silver Hill Roads was flooded from high water from Moss Creek. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall of 4 to 6 inches occurred in the area, resulting in the flash flooding. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Silver Hill | - | The Emergency Manager reported water over Jenkins Gap Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cheney (historical) | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Shackelton (historical) | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Storys (historical) | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tidings | 3.5 miles | 16 | |
| Kartah | 4.4 miles | 16 | |
| Gore | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Taliaferro (historical) | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Holland | 4.9 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Silver Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22058924 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333056. 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.









