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Hamburg, South Carolina

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the North Augusta census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29841. The Survey maps it on the Augusta East quadrangle.

Hamburg within Aiken County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 21 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

230 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 230 fires within 5 miles of Hamburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 695 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 41 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined75
Debris and open burning52
Arson/incendiarism41
Misuse of fire by a minor35
Equipment and vehicle use12
Smoking4
Other causes3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Fireworks2

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
9 September 1997Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-RICHMOND-015
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2012Debris and open burning1.2 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2013-RICHMOND-002
2 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.7 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-RICHMOND-012
18 September 2001Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresSouth Carolina Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Aiken County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 20 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 20 workings within 5 miles of Hamburg: 7 past producers, 5 occurrences, 4 unknowns, 4 producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Brick Clay, Fire Clay (Refractory). 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
Clay Preparation PlantFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer
Foster's Lane PitBrick ClayOccurrence
Horse CreekTitanium, Zirconium, REE, ThoriumUnknownPlacer-Modern-Fluvial
Horse CreekREEPast Producer
Unidentified Mine(Horse Creek Mine)Zirconium, Sand and Gravel, Construction, REE, TitaniumPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin
Merry Companies MineClayProducer
Merry Pit 4ClayProducer
North Augusta MineClayPast Producer
Richmond County MineClayPast Producer
Unidentified MineClayPast ProducerSedimentary Kaolin

Every working recorded in Aiken County

Storms near this place

7 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamburg in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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
July 2015Thunderstorm WindHamburg$2,000Highway Patrol reported trees down in North Augusta near the 5th street bridge.
June 2018HailHamburg$100Nickel to dime size hail reported by a spotter.
June 2023Heavy RainHamburg-COOP observer near River North Dr and US Hwy 1 in North Augusta measured a daily rainfall total of 5.02 inches. 4.25 inches of this fell in a short period of time in the evening.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindHamburg-A large tree was downed and blocked the road on River North Dr near Gordon Hwy. Time estimated.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindHamburg-Spotter reported a large tree down along River North Drive in North Augusta.
June 2018Thunderstorm WindHamburg-SCHP reported trees down on SC 125 in North Augusta, SC.
September 2017HailHamburg-Nickel to dime size hail reported in North Augusta SC near the 5th St Bridge.

Every storm recorded in Aiken 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
Carolina Heights0.5 miles21
Schultz Hill0.6 miles21
Mealing Heights0.8 miles21
Brigham Woods1.0 miles21
Summerfields1.3 miles21
Sunset Heights1.5 miles21
North Augusta1.6 miles20
Edgefield Heights1.7 miles20

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1231359. 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.