BlockJarrell, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Carsonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31006. The Survey maps it on the Prattsburg quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1955 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Phenix City quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS Prattsburg quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomaston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Jarrell between 1992 and 2020, burning about 825 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 31 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 | 66 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 31 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-TAYLOR-009 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-TAYLOR-010 |
| 2 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 4.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2019TAYLOR004 |
| 13 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 8 August 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-TAYLOR-007 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jarrell in 2 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 2 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 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarrell | $25,000 | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across the northern portion of the county. Two homes received damage to their roofs near the intersection of Highway 19 and Wilson Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jarrell | $1,000 | Tree down at Old Wire Bridge Road near Timms Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Five Points | 2.2 miles | 8 | |
| Wesley | 2.6 miles | 8 | |
| Carsonville | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Fickling Mill | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Mizell | 6.2 miles | 8 | |
| Goldson | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Howard | 7.2 miles | 8 | |
| Butler | 7.7 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326340. 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.