BlockSun Hill, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Davisboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31082. It stands on Sisters Church Creek. The Survey maps it on the Riddleville 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
- 1973 USGS Riddleville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Dublin quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
380 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 380 fires within 5 miles of Sun Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 984 acres in total. 20 started naturally. 31 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 | 199 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Natural | 20 |
| Smoking | 18 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WASHINGTON012 |
| 29 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-WASHINGTON-004 |
| 25 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WASHINGTON-024 |
| 24 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021WASHINGTON004 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sun Hill in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2024: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Sun Hill | $60,000 | A National Weather Service survey team found that a EF1 tornado with maximum wind speeds of 100 MPH and a maximum path width of 300 yards began around the intersection of Sunhill Road and Sunhill Grange Road. The tornado moved northeast across mainly rural areas of eastern Washington County along and near Highway 24, ending northeast of Davisboro. Numerous trees were downed including dozens of pecan trees in a large commercial orchard. [01/21/17: Tornado #22, County #1/1, EF1, Washington, 2017:023]. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun Hill | $1,000 | Single tree down along the 3000 block of hwy 242 per 911 center. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sun Hill | $1,000 | A tree was down in 7000 block of ga-24 between Sandersville and Davisboro. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tanner | 1.8 miles | 8 | |
| Rose | 4.4 miles | 8 | |
| Tennille | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Heidrich | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Riddleville | 4.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sandersville | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Silas (historical) | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Peacocks Crossing | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326536. 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.
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.