Jamesburg, Georgia
26 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1886 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Lookout Mountain census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30738. It stands on Tucker Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hooker quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
13 surveys from 26 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.
- 1886 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Catoosa quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1892 USGS Ringgold quadrangle1:125000, 7 printings
- 1936 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000
- 1945 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1961 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Rome quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Chickamauga quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Hooker quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
471 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 471 fires within 5 miles of Jamesburg between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,971 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 152 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 | 241 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 152 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 26 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-009 |
| 8 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-016 |
| 5 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-DADE-005 |
| 5 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-WALKER-014 |
| 5 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-DADE-018 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-DADE-011 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Jamesburg: 11 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dave L Brown Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| D. Martin's Mine | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| High Point Area | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| J.T. Algoods Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Stoner-Caldwell Property | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Sutton & Austin Mines | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 115, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant | |
| Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th District | Iron | Past Producer | Strataform, Concordant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hinkles | 1.5 miles | 26 | |
| Thompsonville | 2.0 miles | 25 | |
| Durham | 2.6 miles | 25 | |
| Haysville | 2.7 miles | 28 | |
| High Point | 3.1 miles | 26 | |
| Ascalon | 3.7 miles | 25 | |
| Cenchat | 3.8 miles | 28 | |
| Kendrick (historical) | 3.8 miles | 26 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 354087. 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.












