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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.

Jamesburg within Walker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 26 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

471 since 1992

Regional 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 burning241
Arson/incendiarism152
Equipment and vehicle use26
Recreation and ceremony19
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Natural4
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor3

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 2016Debris and open burning4.9 acresGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-009
8 September 1999Arson/incendiarism3.9 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
6 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-016
5 September 2002Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-DADE-005
5 September 2002Arson/incendiarismunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2003-WALKER-014
5 September 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
4 September 2011Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2012-DADE-018
28 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry CommissionFY2017-DADE-011

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Walker County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dave L Brown QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
D. Martin's MineIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
High Point AreaIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
J.T. Algoods PropertyIronPast Producer
Stoner-Caldwell PropertyIronPast Producer
Sutton & Austin MinesIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
UnnamedIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 115, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant
Unnamed, Lot 117, 10th DistrictIronPast ProducerStrataform, Concordant

Every working recorded in Walker 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
Hinkles1.5 miles26
Thompsonville2.0 miles25
Durham2.6 miles25
Haysville2.7 miles28
High Point3.1 miles26
Ascalon3.7 miles25
Cenchat3.8 miles28
Kendrick (historical)3.8 miles26

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.