BlockSpring Hill, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Alamo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30411. The Survey maps it on the Jordan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
338 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 945 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 35 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 | 187 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 65 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 4 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TELFAIR-022 |
| 28 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WHEELER-012 |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 14 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TELFAIR-009 |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHEELER015 |
| 24 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TELFAIR-008 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Spring 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium |
Storms near this place
10 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Spring Hill in 10 storm reports between 2006 and 2024: 9 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $25,000 | The Wheeler County Sheriff reported that a number of trees and several power lines were down in the Spring Hill area. Minor roof damage was also observed to a few homes in the area. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $5,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported several trees blown down around the intersection of Scotland Road and Springhill Road. |
| December 2012 | Tornado (EF1) | Spring Hill | $5,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found a second short-lived tornado in Wheeler County. This tornado was also classified as an EF1 tornado with winds around 100 mph. It caused some minor shingle damage to one structure, and about 50 trees were downed or had their tops sheared off.||[12/17/12: Tornado #3, County #1-1, EF1, Wheeler, 2012:009]. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $5,000 | A National Weather Service survey team determined that a thunderstorm downburst uprooted and snapped several trees. This downburst was most likely from a rear-flank downdraft associated with the brief EF1 tornado that occurred nearby. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $4,000 | EM reported two trees down near the intersection of Hope Church Road and Edwards Creek Road. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $3,000 | A few trees down along Springhill Rd SSE of Alamo. |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $3,000 | A few trees down along Farmers Rd SE of Scotland. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $3,000 | A National Weather Service employee confirmed that a storage shed was blown over by straight-line winds, likely less than 50 knots. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $1,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Hope Church Road and Daisy Lane. |
| May 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Spring Hill | $1,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down along Farmers Road. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326527. 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.