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Welcome Hill, Georgia

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Trion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30753. It lies near Dry Valley. The Survey maps it on the Trion quadrangle.

Welcome Hill within Chattooga County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 19 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

544 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 544 fires within 5 miles of Welcome Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,045 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 224 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 burning258
Arson/incendiarism224
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural11
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 1999Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2010Debris and open burning8.1 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WALKER-008
5 September 1999Debris and open burning2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.5 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1995Natural2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-CHATTOOGA-003
29 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chattooga County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Welcome Hill: 5 past producers, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Stone, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Aggregate QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Dallas York Tripoli MineStonePast Producer
Armington MineAluminumPast Producer
Hawkins MineAluminum, IronPast Producer
Justice DepositAluminum, IronProspect
Shinbone Ridge-AIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Chattooga County

Storms near this place

13 since 2017

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Welcome Hill in 13 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 3 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
March 2021Flash FloodWelcome Hill$20,000The Emergency Manager reported Tate Road washed out due to high flow on the Chattooga River. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 4 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$5,000Multiple trees down along a small path near the Walker county line. Specific locations were at Long Hollow Road and Welcome Hill Road, Ridgeway Drive, Halls Valley Drive and Airport Road.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$5,000The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported several large trees blown down near the intersection of Tate Road and Creekside Drive.
July 2017Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$5,000The Chattooga County 911 center reported trees blown down from around the intersections of Sand Pit Road at Creekside Road and Center Post Road at Cummings Road to around the intersection of Tatum Road and Ridgeway Road.
February 2025Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$2,000A tree and power lines were downed across the roadway in the 30 block of south airport road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$2,000Two trees down near intersection of ridgeway drive and chattooga line road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$2,000Two trees down across Long Hollow Road blocking all lanes of traffic.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$1,000EM reports tree down in road at 500 block of Welcome Hill Rd near Club Dr.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$1,000Tree down at Longhollow Rd and Browns Rd .
July 2023Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$1,000Report of tree down at Long Hollow Rd and Browns Rd.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWelcome Hill$1,000The 911 Center relayed a report of a tree down on the right side of Cummings Rd from Centerpost Rd.
March 2021Flash FloodWelcome Hill-The Emergency Manager reported water over the road near the intersection of Old Highway 27 and West Halls Valley Road. Radar estimates indicate that rainfall in the area ranged between 3 and 6 inches, resulting in the flash flooding.
February 2020Flash FloodWelcome Hill-The Emergency Manager reported multiple water rescues and roads closed, including West Tate Road near Trion. Radar estimates indicate that 4 to 6 inches occurred in a short period of time, falling on already wet soils, resulting in the flash flooding.

Every storm recorded in Chattooga 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
Trion2.2 miles19
East Trion2.4 miles19
Euthtilloga (historical)2.6 miles19
Duck Creek (historical)2.6 miles19
Pennville4.3 miles19
Teloga4.9 miles24
Neal Crossing5.3 miles24
Broomtown (historical)5.8 miles24

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 330199. 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.