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Tilton, Georgia

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Dalton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30721. It stands on Swamp Creek. The Survey maps it on the Dalton South quadrangle.

Tilton within Whitfield County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 18 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

274 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 274 fires within 5 miles of Tilton between 1992 and 2020, burning about 862 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 46 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 burning151
Arson/incendiarism46
Misuse of fire by a minor21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Recreation and ceremony11
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Natural7
Smoking2
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 1998Debris and open burning5.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-005
7 September 2010Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WHITFIELD-004
7 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning11 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020MURRAY001
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.7 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Whitfield County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Tilton: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Aluminum, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dalton Brick and Tile Co PitsClayPast Producer
Dalton Plant Dixie ChemAluminumPlant
Dalton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Tilton PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Whitfield County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Tilton in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 6 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
December 2009Thunderstorm WindTilton$15,000The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that at least 40 trees were down across the county, most highly concentrated in the southern part of the county. A few trees were down near Rocky Face and Dalton. Several power lines were also down in the southern part of the county.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTilton$5,000The Whitfield County 911 Center reported that several trees were down across the southern end of the county.
June 2008Thunderstorm WindTilton$5,000The Whitfield County 911 Center reported that a number of trees were down from Tilton, to the south side of Dalton, to Rocky Face and Tunnel Hill.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindTilton$4,000The Whitfield County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees were down across the southern half of the county.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindTilton$1,000Tree in roadway along 2700 block of south riverbend road.
March 2021Flash FloodTilton-The Emergency Manager reported roads closed throughout the Dalton and nearby areas of the county due to flash flooding, including Antioch Road, Old Dixie Highway, Park Drive and Cleveland Highway.
May 2003Thunderstorm WindTilton-An amateur radio operator measured wind gusts of 70 mph.
June 1997HailTilton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Whitfield County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Pratersville2.7 miles18
Nance Springs2.9 miles19
Carbondale3.2 miles18
Phelps3.3 miles18
Five Springs3.8 miles18
Crown Mill Village5.8 miles18
Keiths Mill6.2 miles18
Union Point7.0 miles21

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 333234. 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.