Hammer, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1999. It stands in the Flowery Branch census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30542. It stands on Flowery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Flowery Branch quadrangle.

Hammer within Hall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 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.

1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1999 USGS Flowery Branch quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

191 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 191 fires within 5 miles of Hammer between 1992 and 2019, burning about 404 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 41 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	81
Arson/incendiarism	41
Misuse of fire by a minor	16
Equipment and vehicle use	15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Smoking	10
Natural	7
Recreation and ceremony	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
5 September 2003	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
30 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020HALL003
3 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	6.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2012-HALL-005
25 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	14 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
24 September 2004	Misuse of fire by a minor	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
16 September 1999	Arson/incendiarism	2.7 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
14 September 1996	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
7 August 2007	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hall County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hammer: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Gold, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Friendship Quarry	Stone, Crushed/Broken	Producer
Banks Property	Gold	Past Producer	Vein
Muddy Creek Prospect	Gold	Past Producer	Vein

Every working recorded in Hall 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
Loch Arbor	0.9 miles	16
Johnson	1.1 miles	16
Woodlake	1.2 miles	16
Woodbridge	1.3 miles	16
Wayne	1.4 miles	16
Misty Cove	1.4 miles	16
Trudy Estates	1.5 miles	16
Forest Park	1.6 miles	16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1686955. 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.