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Jackson Heights, Georgia

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1906 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Washington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30673. The Survey maps it on the Celeste quadrangle.

Jackson Heights within Wilkes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

135 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 135 fires within 5 miles of Jackson Heights between 1992 and 2019, burning about 524 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 11 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 burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use12
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Arson/incendiarism11
Natural8
Smoking7
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony4

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 2017Smokingunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-WILKES-003
7 September 2016Debris and open burning4.0 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKES-001
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2020WILKES004
4 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2016Railroad operations and maintenance7.8 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-WILKES-003
27 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2018-WILKES-004
23 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2011-WILKES-011
23 September 1993Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilkes County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jackson Heights: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gold. 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
Stone Ridge Mine (Orr)GoldPast ProducerVein
Stoney Ridge Gold MineGoldPast Producer

Every working recorded in Wilkes 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
Washington Heights1.2 miles13
Lincoln Heights1.5 miles13
Brickhouse2.3 miles12
Washington2.4 miles13
Ravenwood Park3.5 miles13
Prather3.6 miles12
Logan4.0 miles13
Celeste4.1 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 342766. 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.