Jennings, Florida
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Jennings census division. It lies in ZIP code area 32053. It stands on Turket Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jennings quadrangle. 749 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 141 feet above sea level.
Then and now
1954 to 1981The same ground, surveyed 27 years apart. Drag the handle to wipe between them. Both sheets are United States Geological Survey originals; neither has been altered.


On record in Jennings
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
Jennings High Schoollisted 2008
Population over time
3 figuresJennings fell from 833 to 749 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 833 | |
| 2010 | 878 | +45 (+5%) |
| 2020 | 749 | -129 (-15%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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 Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Jennings quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
250 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 250 fires within 5 miles of Jennings between 1992 and 2020, burning about 883 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 17 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 105 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 23 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 133 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | CR 141 NW (24-04) |
| 21 September 2001 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | DOLLAR STORE (24-4) |
| 2 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 31 acres | Florida Forest Service | NW 27TH BLVD (24-4) |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 2003 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
41 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennings in 41 storm reports between 1997 and 2023: 25 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 heavy rain, 1 funnel cloud. 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 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $8,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. One vehicle damaged. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $4,000 | Numerous reports of large trees blown down. A mobile home was damaged. |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $3,000 | Large tress and power lines were blown down. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $2,500 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $2,000 | Trees were blown down on NW 49th Avenue and on CR152 near NW 27th Blvd. The cost of damage was estimated. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $1,000 | Hamilton county 911 call center reported a tree was down blocking NW CR 141. Time was estimated by radar. |
| July 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $1,000 | Large trees were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $1,000 | Large trees and power lines were blown down. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Jennings | - | Ping pong ball size hail was observed along NW County Road 152. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Two trees were blown down across 2 lanes of Interstate 75 at mile marker 467. The time of damage was based on radar imagery. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Multiple trees were blown down that caused a power line to go down and create a small fire near the intersection of NW County Road 152 and NW 13th Drive. The trees covered the roads. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Numerous trees were blown down across western Hamilton County. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | A tree was blown down in Jennings. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | A tree was blown down by winds along Hamilton Avenue in Jennings. The time of damage was based on radar. |
| February 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | A tree was blown down along with large branches in Jennings. |
| July 2013 | Heavy Rain | Jennings | - | Four hour rainfall total was 5.5 inches. |
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Winds downed a tree south of Jennings along Highway 17. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Trees were blown down along NW 66th Blvd. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Trees were blown down along County Road 141. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Wind damaged occurred to 4-5 homes and 2 business in Jennings. About 90 percent of the area was without power. The time of the event was based on radar. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Trees and power lines were blown down in Jennings. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | The Hamilton County Road Department Road Superintendent reported widespread tree damage reports across the area. Trees were blown down across County Road 141, County Road 146, The Godwin Bridge Southeast at 95th Street and another tree was blown down across County Road 135. |
| April 2009 | Flood | Jennings | - | Law enforcement reported roads flooded and closed near County Road 143 near Jennings. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Jennings | - | Penny size hail was reported by a postal carrier near the Florida-Georgia state line. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Numerous trees down across Jennings caused power outages. A spotter reported multiple large branches broken off and outdoor furnishings blown across the yard. |
| February 2006 | Heavy Rain | Jennings | - | 3.6 inches of rain recorded between noon and 21:00 with 3 inches falling between 18:00-21:00 EST. Spotter reported extensive ponding on area roadways, drainage ditches overflowing and minor flooding of dirt secondary roads and farmland. Some erosion took place in drainage ditches and travel on dirt roads was difficult. |
| October 2006 | Heavy Rain | Jennings | - | Trained spotter, with rain gage, reported 2.25 inches of rain with squal line passage. |
| March 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Trees blown down onto highway 141. |
| July 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | Power lines down. |
| August 2006 | Heavy Rain | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Heavy Rain | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Heavy Rain | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Jennings | - | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Hail | Jennings | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alapaha (historical) | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Avoca | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Octahatchee | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| West Lake | 7.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rawls | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Crossroads | 8.0 miles | 11 | |
| Bellville | 8.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bakers Mill | 8.6 miles | 8 |
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 Jennings | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2092783 | 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 284753. 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.




