Jena, Florida
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1978. It stands in the Cross City South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32359. It stands on Sand Hill Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jena quadrangle. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1978The same ground, surveyed 24 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Jena quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Cross City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
293 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 293 fires within 5 miles of Jena between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,768 acres in total. 34 started naturally. 65 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 111 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 65 |
| Natural | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 33 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Other causes | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | 15 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2014 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | DIXIE CAMP MAINLINE #2 (15) |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | CEDAR (15) |
| 19 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | 391 AVE (15) |
| 15 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | ROCKY CREEK (15) |
| 14 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MADDIE'S MARKET (62) |
| 14 September 1999 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.5 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jena: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jena in 9 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | $5,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down in Dixie county. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | $2,000 | A downed power line caught a tree on fire. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down. |
| February 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | $2,000 | Trees were blown down in the Jena area. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | - | A Davis Weather station gusted to 60 mph. |
| June 2023 | Flash Flood | Jena | - | Significant road flooding was reported via mPing. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | - | A tree was blown down onto Highway 51. |
| July 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | - | Several trees were blown down. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jena | - | A tree was blown down in the Jena area. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stewart City | 1.0 miles | 11 | |
| Broscan | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Jonesboro | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hines | 8.8 miles | 10 | |
| Horseshoe | 11.7 miles | 11 | |
| Shamrock | 12.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cross City | 13.1 miles | 10 | |
| Eugene | 15.4 miles | 10 |
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 Jena | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q25021516 | 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 294816. 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.




