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Hanover, Georgia

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Brinson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39817. The Survey maps it on the Brinson quadrangle.

Hanover within Decatur County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

421 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 421 fires within 5 miles of Hanover between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,191 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 42 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 burning320
Arson/incendiarism42
Equipment and vehicle use17
Smoking16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Natural8
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-DECATUR-011
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DECATUR-007
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DECATUR-006
30 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DECATUR-005
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR027
26 September 2019Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR026
25 September 2019Debris and open burning2.5 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020DECATUR023

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Decatur County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hanover: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Flint Concrete ProductsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Flint Mine No.2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Floyd PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Reynolds PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Decatur County

Storms near this place

9 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hanover in 9 storm reports between 2012 and 2026: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
January 2017Thunderstorm WindHanover$100,000Damage to a farm equipment dealer and automobile dealer in the West Bainbridge area was determined to be associated with straight line winds around 80 mph. Trees were also blown down in West Bainbridge including Donald Dr, Hawk St, Dennard St, Miller Ave, Bethel Road, Newton Road, Spring Creek Road, Hales Landing, and John Sam Road. Damage cost was estimated.
January 2024Thunderstorm WindHanover$5,000A mobile home was tilted over at about a 30 degree angle off its blocks.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindHanover$3,000Dispatch reported a few trees and power lines down near the Bainbridge area. There were also 990 customers without power via the Georgia Power Outage map just west of Bainbridge.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindHanover$3,000Trees and power lines were blown down across the area.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHanover$2,000Several trees and power lines were blown down west of Bainbridge. In addition, two shops in the industrial park had doors blown in.
March 2019Thunderstorm WindHanover$2,000A tree was blown down, resulting in a power outage along River Oaks Drive.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindHanover$1,000A tree was blown down on Spring Creek Road. Monetary damage was estimated.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindHanover-A car was blown off the road and trees were blown down at Spring Creek Road and Pineywoods Dr.
February 2013FloodHanover-Persistent moderate to heavy rain and saturated ground led to flooding along John Sam Road. The road was closed due to water over the road.

Every storm 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
Cyrene2.7 miles11
Lynn3.2 miles12
West Bainbridge3.7 miles12
Ausmac3.9 miles12
Bainbridge4.7 miles12
Brinson5.3 miles11
Smiths Landing6.3 miles11
Eldorendo7.0 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326319. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.