Traders Hill, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1918 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31537. It stands on Spanish Creek. The Survey maps it on the Folkston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1918 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Okefenokee Swamp quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Folkston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
386 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 386 fires within 5 miles of Traders Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,592 acres in total. 58 started naturally. 70 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 | 171 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 70 |
| Natural | 58 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 35 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2002 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 8.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 September 1994 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.6 acres | Florida Forest Service | TRACY ROAD (45) |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | LAKE HAMPTON RD (45) |
| 16 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
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Traders Hill: 2 producers, 2 past producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Titanium-Heavy Minerals, REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Folkston Concentrator | REE, Titanium, Zirconium, Thorium | Past Producer | ||
| Humphreys Mining Co. - Boulogne Mine | Titanium-Heavy Minerals | Past Producer | Ilmenite, Rutile, Monazite, Zircon | |
| Stuart Tract Mine | Producer | |||
| Trenncor Mine | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Traders Hill in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 3 heavy rain, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traders Hill | $1,000 | A large tree limb broke off and fell onto a house causing a hole in the | roof along Hamp Chesser Rd. The hole was | estimated to be big enough to stick an arm | through. A large pine tree was also down. | Time was estimated by radar. The cost was unknown, but it was estimated for inclusion of the event in Storm Data. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Traders Hill | - | The RAWs station at Okefenokee East measured a daily storm total rainfall of 2.75 inches. |
| July 2019 | Heavy Rain | Traders Hill | - | At 9 pm, the RAWs at Okefenokee East measured a daily rainfall total of 2.94 inches. |
| April 2017 | Funnel Cloud | Traders Hill | - | A spotter observed a funnel cloud along State Road 121. |
| August 2015 | Heavy Rain | Traders Hill | - | A RAWS site measured about 3.33 inches in about 2 hours. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Traders Hill | - | Penny size hail was reported at Tracy Ferry Road and the Okefenokee Parkway. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Traders Hill | - | Trees were blown down on power lines off of State Road 121. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ferry Landing | 0.4 miles | 11 | |
| Stanley Landing | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Oakdale | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Folkston | 3.7 miles | 11 | |
| Layton | 4.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pinehurst | 4.4 miles | 17 | |
| Camp Pinkney (historical) | 4.9 miles | 17 | |
| Paxton | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Traders Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14686877 | 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 326558. 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.






