Stock Hill, Georgia
23 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Morganton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30513. It stands on Bailey Creek. The Survey maps it on the Noontootla quadrangle.
On record in Stock Hill
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record
- Georgia DOT Bridge No. 111/01010/00186N, Spanning Noontootle Creek on County Road 218, Stock Hillfederal building survey, 5 photographs
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 23 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.
- 1888 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000
- 1898 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1911 USGS Ellijay quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1935 USGS Noontootla quadrangle1:24000
- 1946 USGS Noontootla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Noontootla quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Dalton quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Noontootla quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
Photographs
1 photograph,Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
83 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Stock Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 580 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 23 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 | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 1999 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | LICKLOG FIRE |
| 25 July 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | not named |
| 30 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 June 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | DIAL PULLOVER |
| 2 May 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | BRYSON GAP |
| 11 May 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Chattahoochee-Oconee National Forest | WEEKS CREEK RD. |
| 9 April 1992 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 Stock Hill: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mccloud Mine | Gold | Past Producer | Stream Placer | |
| Noontootly Creek | Gold | Past Producer | Vein | |
| Wade Allenis Gold Mine | Gold | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newport | 1.1 miles | 23 | |
| Wilson Mill | 1.2 miles | 23 | |
| Dial | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Three Forks | 3.8 miles | 23 | |
| Swan | 3.9 miles | 25 | |
| Aska | 4.5 miles | 23 | |
| Argo (historical) | 4.8 miles | 23 | |
| Sugar Hill | 5.2 miles | 25 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122540603 | 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 333130. 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.












