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Hannatown, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Faceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39819. The Survey maps it on the Mount Pleasant quadrangle.

Hannatown within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

Fires near this place

192 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 192 fires within 5 miles of Hannatown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 14 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 burning105
Railroad operations and maintenance30
Arson/incendiarism14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Natural6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2002Railroad operations and maintenance7.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceNEWBERRY RD **NOV** 20)
30 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceUPTAIN RD (20) 0601
3 September 1999Railroad operations and maintenance2.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1992Railroad operations and maintenance1.0 acresFlorida Forest Servicenot named
27 September 1994Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Decatur County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Hannatown: 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Fullers Earth. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Floridin - Quincy MineFullers EarthUnknownClay
Milwhite Co. Macall MineClayProducerAttapulgite, Montmorillonite

Every working recorded in Decatur 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Faceville3.3 miles11
Recovery4.8 miles11
Jinks8.2 miles13
Fowlstown9.1 miles11
Laingkat9.7 miles12
Attapulgus10.2 miles12
Bethany10.5 miles11
Amsterdam12.5 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326318. 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.