Hamer, South Carolina
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1983. It stands in the Hamer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 29547. The Survey maps it on the Dillon East quadrangle. 820 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 148 feet above sea level.
On record in Hamer
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 1 record
Hamer Halllisted 1975
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Florence quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Dillon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1976 USGS Dillon East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Florence quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
358 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 358 fires within 5 miles of Hamer between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,162 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 92 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/undetermined | 107 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 92 |
| Debris and open burning | 82 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 29 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 28 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 September 2018 | Other causes | 3.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | South Carolina Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hamer in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $9,000 | Numerous trees were reported down along East Country Club Road between U.S. 301 and State Road 17. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $2,500 | Trees were reported down on Mt Calvary Road. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $2,500 | Trees were reported down along Highway 301 near Apple Jack Loop. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $2,000 | A National Weather Service Storm Survey Team found a large pine tree uprooted along Interstate 95, just north of the South Carolina Welcome Center. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $1,000 | Trees were blown down on Interstate 95 near mile marker 198. |
| July 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $1,000 | A tree was reported down on Britt Drive. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | $1,000 | A tree was reported down at the intersection of Oakland Road and West Country Club Road. The time was estimated based on radar data. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | Tree down in Hamer, SC reported by the public. |
| September 2018 | Tornado (EF0) | Hamer | - | A tornado touched down near SR 17-198 just south of Vicksburg|Drive, and skipped north along the east side of West Country Club |Road. Several large limbs were were broken out of tree tops, along|with a few snapped small pine trees and hardwoods. Additional |minor tree damage was observed on the east side of Oscar Drive to |near the intersection with Harlees Bridge Road, where several|limbs were broken from the tops of oak trees. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hamer | - | Trees were observed down along Interstate 95 Southbound. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Hamer | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Forks | 0.5 miles | 9 | |
| Linkside | 1.2 miles | 9 | |
| Kentyre | 1.9 miles | 9 | |
| Bronson Crossroads | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cotton Valley | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Carmichael Crossroads | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mount Calvary | 3.2 miles | 9 | |
| Selma | 3.2 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Hamer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5548508 | 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 1222994. 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.
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.




