Chalker, Georgia

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Warthen census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31094. It stands on Little Ogeechee River. The Survey maps it on the Mitchell quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Chalker within Washington County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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.

1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Mitchell quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

121 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Chalker (historical) between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,229 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 10 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	73
Natural	13
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Arson/incendiarism	10
Smoking	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7

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	Arson/incendiarism	4.1 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2005	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1993	Smoking	3.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
20 September 1997	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 1993	Smoking	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 2010	Debris and open burning	3.5 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-WASHINGTON-013
12 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2013-GLASCOCK-007
11 September 2006	Debris and open burning	4.3 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Chalker (historical): 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free. 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
	Wrens Kaolin Area	Aluminum, Iron, Silica, Titanium, Water, Free	Prospect	1961

Every working recorded in Washington 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sparks	5.1 miles	10
Warthen	5.5 miles	11
Lindsey (historical)	5.7 miles	10
Downs	7.3 miles	10
Halls Crossing	10.6 miles	10
Silas (historical)	11.6 miles	11
Kaolin	12.1 miles	11
Tanner	12.8 miles	8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 348298. 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.