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Jonesboro, 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. The Survey maps it on the Jena quadrangle.

Jonesboro within Dixie County

Then and now

1954 to 1978

The 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 sheet of Jonesboro, surveyed 1978
Topographic sheet of Jonesboro, surveyed 1954

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

210 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 210 fires within 5 miles of Jonesboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 956 acres in total. 39 started naturally. 53 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 use62
Arson/incendiarism53
Natural39
Debris and open burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Smoking7
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Recreation and ceremony2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
3 September 2014Natural3.0 acresFlorida Forest ServiceDIXIE CAMP MAINLINE #2 (15)
24 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceCEDAR (15)
18 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15 - THE DUMPSTER FIRE - 0216
13 September 1999Naturalunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest Service15-JENA DUMP FIRE-0365
9 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreFlorida Forest ServiceSTEINHATCHEE FALLS-0285
8 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named
7 August 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreFlorida Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dixie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Jonesboro: 16 past producers. 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Sanders Farm QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Dixie County

Storms near this place

3 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesboro in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2015: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2015FloodJonesboro$250,000Flash flooding transitioned to a long duration of areal flooding across southeastern Taylor county. Water was slow to recede due to around 10 inches of rain falling in a couple of days. Water affected numerous roadways and homes in the area. Damage was estimated.
June 2014Thunderstorm WindJonesboro$2,000Several tree were blown down near Highway 19.
August 2015Flash FloodJonesboro-Significant flash flooding occurred with intense rainfall rates. Some cars were submerged, water was up to a few feet deep over roadways including Highway 358, and water affected some homes. Some pictures were posted on social media.

Every storm recorded in Dixie 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
Broscan3.2 miles10
Hines3.8 miles10
Jena5.1 miles10
Stewart City5.6 miles11
Shamrock9.3 miles10
Cross City10.5 miles10
Eugene13.0 miles10
Horseshoe13.4 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 295382. 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.