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James, Georgia

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Gray-Macon East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31032. It stands on Big Creek. The Survey maps it on the James quadrangle.

James within Jones County

On record in James

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

353 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 353 fires within 5 miles of James between 1992 and 2020, burning about 747 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 26 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 burning234
Arson/incendiarism26
Misuse of fire by a minor24
Equipment and vehicle use22
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Recreation and ceremony13
Smoking10
Natural8

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
30 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
3 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 2005Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
29 September 1993Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
27 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
25 September 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
24 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2015-JONES-003

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones 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 James: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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
Hitchcock QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Weston & Brooker Co Ruby QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

4 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names James in 4 storm reports between 2005 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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
June 2023Thunderstorm WindJames$5,000Numerous large trees downed along James Cemetary Road and Cheely drive.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindJames$3,000Several trees down around the James Road and Cheely Drive/Newby Lane area per emergency management.
April 2025Thunderstorm WindJames$1,000Tree down blocking stewart farm rd near Pitts Rd.
December 2005HailJames-The Jones County Emergency Management Director reported penny-sized hail.

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Greenberry Crossroads1.5 miles10
Cumslo2.6 miles12
Morton2.9 miles12
Pitts2.9 miles12
Pine Ridge4.0 miles10
Gray4.4 miles11
Postell4.5 miles12
Mountain Springs4.7 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 316035. 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.