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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 19 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Trion quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
544 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 258 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 224 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 8.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-WALKER-008 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1995 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-CHATTOOGA-003 |
| 29 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aggregate Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Dallas York Tripoli Mine | Stone | Past Producer | ||
| Armington Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Hawkins Mine | Aluminum, Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Justice Deposit | Aluminum, Iron | Prospect | ||
| Shinbone Ridge-A | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
Storms near this place
13 since 2017Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Welcome Hill | $20,000 | The 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $5,000 | Multiple 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 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $5,000 | The Chattooga County Emergency Manager reported several large trees blown down near the intersection of Tate Road and Creekside Drive. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $5,000 | The 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $2,000 | A tree and power lines were downed across the roadway in the 30 block of south airport road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $2,000 | Two trees down near intersection of ridgeway drive and chattooga line road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $2,000 | Two trees down across Long Hollow Road blocking all lanes of traffic. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $1,000 | EM reports tree down in road at 500 block of Welcome Hill Rd near Club Dr. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $1,000 | Tree down at Longhollow Rd and Browns Rd . |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $1,000 | Report of tree down at Long Hollow Rd and Browns Rd. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Welcome Hill | $1,000 | The 911 Center relayed a report of a tree down on the right side of Cummings Rd from Centerpost Rd. |
| March 2021 | Flash Flood | Welcome 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 2020 | Flash Flood | Welcome 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trion | 2.2 miles | 19 | |
| East Trion | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Euthtilloga (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Duck Creek (historical) | 2.6 miles | 19 | |
| Pennville | 4.3 miles | 19 | |
| Teloga | 4.9 miles | 24 | |
| Neal Crossing | 5.3 miles | 24 | |
| Broomtown (historical) | 5.8 miles | 24 |
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.








