BlockHammett Acres, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Hogansville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30230. The Survey maps it on the Hogansville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Atlanta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Atlanta quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Hogansville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1979 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
170 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Hammett Acres between 1992 and 2019, burning about 480 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 23 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 | 100 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-HEARD-002 |
| 8 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 1997 | Smoking | 1.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 2016 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TROUP-003 |
| 29 September 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-HEARD-004 |
| 22 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2007 | 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
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hammett Acres: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Arsenic, Lead. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| H Amason Prospect | Arsenic, Lead | Prospect | Underground |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrisonville | 0.1 miles | 10 | |
| Brays Lakeview | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Point North | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lakeview Meadows | 2.5 miles | 10 | |
| North Lakeside | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Asta Village | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Graysons Landing | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Hogansville | 3.8 miles | 10 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122559822 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673085. 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.