Hansell, Georgia

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Meigs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31765. The Survey maps it on the Meigs quadrangle.

Hansell within Thomas County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 8 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.

1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
1971 USGS Meigs quadrangle1:24000
1981 USGS Camilla quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

320 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Hansell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,179 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 55 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	182
Arson/incendiarism	55
Equipment and vehicle use	31
Railroad operations and maintenance	16
Recreation and ceremony	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	9
Misuse of fire by a minor	7
Smoking	6
Natural	4

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
7 September 2007	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
5 September 2019	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020THOMAS001
30 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 1995	Equipment and vehicle use	4.4 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
26 September 2019	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2020THOMAS007
23 September 1995	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2007	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 1992	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.8 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Thomas County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Hansell: 4 producers, 3 past producers, 1 plant. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Fullers Earth, Clay. 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
Meigs Mine	Clay	Producer
Simpson Mine & Mill	Clay	Plant
Cherokee Industries Ochlocknee Mine	Fullers Earth	Past Producer
Cooper Grover Mine	Fullers Earth	Producer
Ochlocknee	Fullers Earth	Past Producer	Montmorillonite, Attapulgite
Smith Mine Pit A	Fullers Earth	Producer
Smith Mine Pit B	Fullers Earth	Producer
Waverly Mineral Products	Fullers Earth	Past Producer	Montmorillonite, Attapulgite

Every working recorded in Thomas 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
Quality	0.9 miles	8
Meigs	3.3 miles	8
Ochlocknee	3.8 miles	12
Chastain	7.2 miles	8
Dawesville	7.9 miles	12
Pasco	8.9 miles	8
Fredonia	10.2 miles	8
Coolidge	10.7 miles	9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 343739. 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.