diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index db68447..808e119 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
         <relativePath />
     </parent>
     <artifactId>type-utils</artifactId>
-    <version>1.12-SNAPSHOT</version>
+    <version>1.13-SNAPSHOT</version>
     <url>https://code.nsa.gov/datawave-type-utils</url>
     <licenses>
         <license>
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
         <version.commons-lang3>3.9</version.commons-lang3>
         <version.commons-net>3.6</version.commons-net>
         <version.geowave>1.1.0</version.geowave>
-        <version.hadoop>2.6.0-cdh5.9.1</version.hadoop>
+        <version.hadoop>3.1.1.7.2.15.0-147</version.hadoop>
         <version.jts>1.19.0</version.jts>
         <version.protostuff>1.6.2</version.protostuff>
         <version.slf4j>1.7.29</version.slf4j>
diff --git a/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/AbstractGeometryNormalizer.java b/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/AbstractGeometryNormalizer.java
index 3ea2369..9a4f55f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/AbstractGeometryNormalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/AbstractGeometryNormalizer.java
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeometryNormalizer<T extends datawave.data.type.ut
             geoParsers.add(geoParser);
     }
     
+    // NOTE: If we change the index strategy, then we will need to update the validHash method appropriately.
     abstract protected NumericIndexStrategy getIndexStrategy();
     
     abstract protected Index getIndex();
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ public abstract class AbstractGeometryNormalizer<T extends datawave.data.type.ut
      */
     @Override
     public String normalize(String geoString) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (validHash(geoString)) {
+            return geoString;
+        }
         return normalizeDelegateType(createDatawaveGeometry((G) parseGeometry(geoString)));
     }
     
@@ -175,4 +179,55 @@ private String adjustHexRangeBigInteger(String hexValue, String format, boolean
             return String.format(format, new BigInteger(hexValue, 16).subtract(BigInteger.ONE));
     }
     
+    /**
+     * This is used to determine if we have a valid geo hash (tier + position). NOTE: If we change the index strategy, then we will need to update this method
+     * appropriately.
+     * 
+     * @param value
+     * @return true if valid
+     */
+    public boolean validHash(String value) {
+        try {
+            short tier = getTier(value);
+            if (validTier(tier) && validLength(tier, value)) {
+                return validPosition(tier, getPosition(value));
+            }
+        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
+            // not a valid hex string in the first place
+        }
+        return false;
+    }
+    
+    public short getTier(String value) {
+        return Short.parseShort(value.substring(0, 2), 16);
+    }
+    
+    public long getPosition(String value) {
+        if (value.length() == 2) {
+            return 0;
+        }
+        return Long.parseLong(value.substring(2), 16);
+    }
+    
+    public boolean validTier(short tier) {
+        return tier >= 0 && tier <= 0x1f;
+    }
+    
+    public boolean validLength(short tier, String value) {
+        // determine the length of the position in hex characters
+        // ceil(tier/4) will get the number of bytes
+        int bytes = (tier >> 2) + ((tier & 0x3) == 0 ? 0 : 1);
+        
+        // multiply by 2 to get the number of hex digits
+        int posLen = 2 * bytes;
+        // length is the tier length plus the position length
+        return value.length() == (2 + posLen);
+    }
+    
+    public boolean validPosition(short tier, long value) {
+        // The maximum value must be less than pow(2, tier*2)
+        long max = 1L << (tier * 2);
+        return value >= 0 && value < max;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizer.java b/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizer.java
index e27c78a..f9a883d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizer.java
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@
 /**
  * A normalizer that, given a parseable geometry string representing an arbitrary geometry, will perform GeoWave indexing with a multi-tiered spatial geowave
  * index configuration
- *
  */
 public class GeometryNormalizer extends AbstractGeometryNormalizer<Geometry,org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry> implements OneToManyNormalizer<Geometry> {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 171360806347433135L;
     
+    // NOTE: If we change the index strategy, then we will need to update the validHash method appropriately.
     // @formatter:off
     public static final NumericIndexStrategy indexStrategy = TieredSFCIndexFactory.createFullIncrementalTieredStrategy(
             new NumericDimensionDefinition[]{
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ public class GeometryNormalizer extends AbstractGeometryNormalizer<Geometry,org.
     public static final Index index = new CustomNameIndex(indexStrategy, null, "geometryIndex");
     
     protected NumericIndexStrategy getIndexStrategy() {
+        // NOTE: If we change the index strategy, then we will need to update the validHash method appropriately.
         return GeometryNormalizer.indexStrategy;
     }
     
@@ -49,6 +50,9 @@ protected Index getIndex() {
     
     @Override
     public List<String> normalizeToMany(String geoString) throws IllegalArgumentException {
+        if (validHash(geoString)) {
+            return Lists.newArrayList(geoString);
+        }
         return normalizeDelegateTypeToMany(createDatawaveGeometry(parseGeometry(geoString)));
     }
     
@@ -64,4 +68,5 @@ public List<String> normalizeDelegateTypeToMany(Geometry geometry) {
     protected datawave.data.type.util.Geometry createDatawaveGeometry(org.locationtech.jts.geom.Geometry geometry) {
         return new datawave.data.type.util.Geometry(geometry);
     }
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/PointNormalizer.java b/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/PointNormalizer.java
index 6387a2c..b6f3ce9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/PointNormalizer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/datawave/data/normalizer/PointNormalizer.java
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@
 /**
  * A normalizer that, given a parseable geometry string representing a point geometry will perform GeoWave indexing with a single-tier spatial geowave index
  * configuration
- *
  */
 public class PointNormalizer extends AbstractGeometryNormalizer<Point,org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point> {
     private static final long serialVersionUID = 171360806347433135L;
     
+    // NOTE: If we change the index strategy, then we will need to update the validHash method appropriately.
     // @formatter:off
     public static final NumericIndexStrategy indexStrategy = TieredSFCIndexFactory.createSingleTierStrategy(
             new NumericDimensionDefinition[]{
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public class PointNormalizer extends AbstractGeometryNormalizer<Point,org.locati
     public static final Index index = new CustomNameIndex(indexStrategy, null, "pointIndex");
     
     protected NumericIndexStrategy getIndexStrategy() {
+        // NOTE: If we change the index strategy, then we will need to update the validHash method appropriately.
         return PointNormalizer.indexStrategy;
     }
     
@@ -47,4 +48,10 @@ protected Index getIndex() {
     protected Point createDatawaveGeometry(org.locationtech.jts.geom.Point geometry) {
         return new Point(geometry);
     }
+    
+    @Override
+    public boolean validTier(short tier) {
+        return tier == 0x1f;
+    }
+    
 }
diff --git a/src/test/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizerTest.java b/src/test/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizerTest.java
index 83e09b6..b9b49a8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizerTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/datawave/data/normalizer/GeometryNormalizerTest.java
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@
 import java.util.List;
 
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.fail;
 
 public class GeometryNormalizerTest {
     
@@ -106,4 +107,24 @@ public void testQueryRanges() throws Exception {
         
         assertEquals(expected, result.toString());
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testHash() {
+        String[] validHashes = new String[] {"00", "0100", "020d", "031b", "04df", "05031e", "0604ff", "0713ff", "08c7fe", "09023fff", "0a04ffff", "0b0dffff",
+                "0c8fffff", "0d01c00000", "0e0b000000", "0f0dfffffe", "1037ffffff", "11023fffffff", "1208ffffffff", "131c00000000", "1437ffffffff",
+                "15023fffffffff", "16070000000000", "1723ffffffffff", "188fffffffffff", "19013fffffffffff", "1a08ffffffffffff", "1b1c000000000000",
+                "1c4fffffffffffff", "1d01c0000000000000", "1e0700000000000000", "1f0dffffffffffffff"};
+        String[] invalidHashes = new String[] {"0", "0001", "01", "1fffffffffffffffff", "200dffffffffffffff", "1c4fffffffffffffff"};
+        for (String hash : validHashes) {
+            assertEquals(hash, normalizer.normalize(hash));
+        }
+        for (String hash : invalidHashes) {
+            try {
+                normalizer.normalize(hash);
+                fail("Should have failed to normalize " + hash);
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                // this is expected
+            }
+        }
+    }
 }