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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 15 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.
- 1919 USGS Gough quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Gough quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Waynesboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
226 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 138 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 15 |
| Natural | 13 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE004 |
| 4 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021BURKE008 |
| 3 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2021BURKE006 |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020BURKE009 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-BURKE-006 |
| 25 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-BURKE-012 |
| 24 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saxon Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Sedimentary | |
| Unnamed Sand Deposit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Alluvium |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Station | 2.7 miles | 16 | |
| Idlewood | 3.0 miles | 16 | |
| Waynesboro | 3.6 miles | 15 | |
| Old Church | 4.9 miles | 16 | |
| Asbury (historical) | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Elmore (historical) | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Wilsons Store | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Munnerlyn | 6.9 miles | 15 |
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 Q122564798 | 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 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.








