BlockHamner, Alabama
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Livingston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35460. The Survey maps it on the Emelle quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1953 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Emelle quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS De Kalb quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Hamner between 1995 and 2017, burning about 96 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 June 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 June 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | 20170610-1 |
| 2 April 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 March 2004 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 February 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 December 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamner in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 | Hamner | $500 | A few trees were downed in areas just east of Highway 17 near Emelle. |
| January 2017 | Hail | Hamner | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel (historical) | 1.1 miles | 8 | |
| Emelle | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Sumterville | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Sledge | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| McCainville | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Gainesville | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Epes | 8.4 miles | 13 | |
| Boyd | 8.7 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 119659. 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.