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Jamestown, Alabama

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Cedar Bluff-Gaylesville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 35973. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.

Jamestown within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

332 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 12,739 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 195 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
Arson/incendiarism195
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Debris and open burning36
Recreation and ceremony20
Equipment and vehicle use6
Smoking2
Fireworks1
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Other causes1

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 1995Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLittle River Canyon National PreserveSTATEC0115
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
8 September 1998Arson/incendiarism26 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1999Arson/incendiarism12 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 September 2016Arson/incendiarismunder an acreLittle River Canyon National PreserveEDNA HILL 1
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1999Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee 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 Jamestown: 3 occurrences, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay, Manganese. 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
Che 6 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Wilder Manganese ProspectManganeseOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence
Unnamed ProspectIronOccurrence

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

8 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown in 8 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2005Tornado (F0)Jamestown$20,000The second Cherokee County tornado touched down just west of CR 15, approximatley one mile north of Jamestown, around 703 PM CDT. It stayed on the ground for only about one minute, before lifting around 704 PM CDT. The total path length was 0.9 miles with a path width of 75 yards at its widest point. This tornado uprooted or snapped off numerous trees along its path. A porch of one home was completely destroyed. As this tornado crossed over CR 15, a 40 year old home had its tin roof blown off and received some structural damage, which included several windows being blown out. On this same property, three to four outbuildings were completely destroyed.Begin: 34 24.53/85 34.26 End: 34 24.44/85 33.35
May 1997Thunderstorm WindJamestown$5,000Trees were reported down near Jamestown, in the northern part of the county.
April 2005Tornado (F0)Jamestown$4,000National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed the damage across far northern Cherokee County. Itwas determined that the damage was the result of a tornado. The tornado has been rated an F0. The tornado touched down in Dekalb County in the Little River Canyon Wildlife Management Area and crossed in Cherokee County for approximately 0.4 miles. The tornado crossed the county line near theconfluence of Hurricane Creek and Little River and ended approximately 1.2 miles west of CR 103.Several trees were snapped off or uprooted along the short path in Cherokee County. The tornadooccurred at 701 PM CDT.Begin: 34 25.26/85 36.04 End: 34 25.19/85 35.67
June 2011Thunderstorm WindJamestown$1,000Power lines were blown down on CR-46, near CR-15.
August 2010Thunderstorm WindJamestown$500One tree knocked down along county Road 15.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindJamestown-Trees and power lines were downed in three locations in the Jamestown area.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJamestown-Several trees uprooted along County Road 15. One tree fell on Pleasant Valley Baptist Church and caused structural damage to the building.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindJamestown-Several trees uprooted along County Road 921.

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Rhinehart2.3 miles20
Burgess2.6 miles18
Blanche2.9 miles20
New Moon3.1 miles18
Grover3.6 miles18
Broomtown3.9 miles20
Berry Springs4.3 miles18
Chesterfield4.4 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 120814. 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.