BlockJamestown, Georgia
25 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1908 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Fort Benning census division. The Survey maps it on the Cusseta quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 25 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.
- 1908 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 8 printings
- 1929 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:48000
- 1947 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1949 USGS Cusseta quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Columbus quadrangle1:62500
- 1955 USGS Cusseta quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Americus quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
99 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 99 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 463 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 13 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 | 40 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-STEWART-002 |
| 4 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 August 2000 | Natural | 13 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-CHATTAHOOCHEE-001 |
| 29 July 1995 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 3.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 June 1995 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.8 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Jamestown | $35,000 | An aerial and ground survey conducted by the National Weather Service, the Georgia State Patrol, and the Chattahoochee County Emergency Management Director concluded that the EF0 tornado, which originated in Alabama and then crossed into Stewart county, continued into Chattahoochee county just south of Jamestown. The tornado continued on an east-northeastward track across U.S. Highway 27 near Cusseta, and then to the Marion county border at Georgia Highway 137. The tornado path length was over 12 miles long with a maximum path width of 100 yards. Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along the spotty damage path of the tornado. A single-wide mobile home was rolled at a mobile home park community south of Jamestown, but no injuries were reported. Widespread power outages were observed in the Cusseta area. |
| June 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jamestown | $3,000 | The Chattahoochee County Emergency Manager reported 5 trees blown down along Riverbend Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottage Mills (historical) | 3.2 miles | 23 | |
| Cusseta | 4.2 miles | 25 | |
| Halloca (historical) | 6.0 miles | 25 | |
| Central Springs | 6.3 miles | 25 | |
| Gobblers Hill | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Manta | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Christopher | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Renfroe | 7.3 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332089. 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.
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.