Hamer, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Pooler-Bloomingdale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31322. The Survey maps it on the Garden City quadrangle.

Hamer within Chatham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1942 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:62500
1947 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1948 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1960 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000
1961 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Garden City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Savannah quadrangle1:100000

Fires near this place

300 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Hamer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,336 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 57 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	76
Railroad operations and maintenance	61
Arson/incendiarism	57
Misuse of fire by a minor	42
Recreation and ceremony	19
Equipment and vehicle use	18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	17
Smoking	5
Natural	5

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
30 September 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
23 September 2005	Recreation and ceremony	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
2 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2010	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2011-CHATHAM-002
18 September 2011	Misuse of fire by a minor	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-CHATHAM-003
9 August 2020	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2021CHATHAM001

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham 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 Hamer: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
	National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga.	Gypsum-Anhydrite	Past Producer

Every working recorded in Chatham 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
Woodlawn Terrace	1.5 miles	15
Sharon Park	2.0 miles	15
Starland Park	2.2 miles	15
Central Junction	2.3 miles	15
Garden Acres Estates	2.4 miles	18
Williams	2.5 miles	18
Pooler	2.6 miles	15
Tutens	2.6 miles	18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331901. 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.