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Hatchers Store, Georgia

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Waynesboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30830. The Survey maps it on the Waynesboro quadrangle.

Hatchers Store within Burke County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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

226 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 226 fires within 5 miles of Hatchers Store between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,070 acres in total. 13 started naturally. 29 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 burning138
Arson/incendiarism29
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Natural13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined13
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking8
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BURKE004
4 September 2020Debris and open burning1.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BURKE008
3 September 2020Debris and open burning5.4 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2021BURKE006
29 September 2019Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020BURKE009
27 September 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-BURKE-006
25 September 2010Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-BURKE-012
24 September 2005Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Burke 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 Hatchers Store: 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Saxon PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionOccurrenceSedimentary
Unnamed Sand DepositSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast ProducerAlluvium

Every working recorded in Burke 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
Thomas Station2.7 miles16
Idlewood3.0 miles16
Waynesboro3.6 miles15
Old Church4.9 miles16
Asbury (historical)5.6 miles16
Elmore (historical)6.1 miles15
Wilsons Store6.5 miles15
Munnerlyn6.9 miles15

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 Q122564798The 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 347996. 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.