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Robert M Hitch Village, Georgia

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Savannah census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31401. It sits by Yamacraw Bluff. The Survey maps it on the Savannah quadrangle.

Robert M Hitch Village within Chatham County

On record in Robert M Hitch Village

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 12 of 14 shown

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Every listing in Chatham County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

78 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Robert M Hitch Village between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,187 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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
Railroad operations and maintenance33
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony4
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking2
Natural1

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
25 August 2016Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-CHATHAM-004
19 July 1995Railroad operations and maintenanceunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
8 June 1999Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 June 2008Natural1.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
20 June 1993Arson/incendiarism2.2 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
14 June 2004Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSavannah RefugesFIFE 3
6 May 1992Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 May 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSavannah RefugesFIFEDIKE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Chatham 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 Robert M Hitch Village: 2 past producers, 1 producer, 1 plant. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Titanium, Pigment. 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
Douglas Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Savannah Plant TiTitanium, PigmentPlant1955
Flintkote/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer
National Gypsum/ Savannah, Ga.Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer

Every working recorded in Chatham 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
Savannah1.2 miles17
LePageville1.3 miles17
Pine Gardens1.3 miles17
Savannah Gardens1.4 miles17
Gordonston1.5 miles17
Spauldings Settlement (historical)1.6 miles17
Avon Park1.7 miles17
Avondale1.9 miles17

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 Q122572533The 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 1694636. 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.