BlockFive Points, Georgia
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Round Oak census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31032. The Survey maps it on the Dames Ferry quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Dames Ferry quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Milledgeville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
300 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 300 fires within 5 miles of Five Points between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,612 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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 | 201 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Natural | 10 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 26 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 9.4 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 1993 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge | COMP34WF |
| 15 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-JONES-018 |
| 11 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JONES-004 |
| 6 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Piedmont National Wildlife Refuge | C-20 GA-POWER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Five Points: 1 producer, 1 prospect. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Mica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| L D Owen Prospect | Mica | Prospect | ||
| Macon Plant #21 & Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Five Points in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $2,000 | The Jones County 911 Center reported that two to three trees and two to three power lines were down. WSR-88D velocity and storm-relative velocity data suggested that this occured in the west central and northwest part of the county near Jarrell Plantation and southwest of Round Oak. |
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,750 | The Jones County 911 Center reported that seven trees were blown down across the county. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Five Points | $1,000 | Tree down blocking fire tower rd . |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Smalls Crossing (historical) | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Three Points | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Plentitude (historical) | 3.6 miles | 12 | |
| Wayside | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Campbell (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Clinton | 5.6 miles | 12 | |
| Fippin (historical) | 5.6 miles | 11 | |
| Crutchfield (historical) | 5.7 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 331718. 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.