Jefferson, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Woodbine census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31569. The Survey maps it on the Jerusalem quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1917 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500
- 1919 USGS Boulogne quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1957 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Fernandina Beach quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1988 USGS Jacksonville quadrangle1:250000
- 1993 USGS Jerusalem quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
174 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Jefferson between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,676 acres in total. 29 started naturally. 29 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 | 83 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Natural | 29 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 September 1999 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 4 September 1999 | Natural | 40 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 7.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-CAMDEN-010 |
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 175 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-CAMDEN-010 |
| 27 September 1994 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 9 August 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SCREVEN-009 |
| 8 August 1999 | Natural | 30 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jefferson in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jefferson | - | A field dispatcher reported trees down. Report from Georgia Emergency Management Situation report #4. The time and location of the event was based on radar imagery. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hopewell | 2.4 miles | 17 | |
| Scarlet | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Plantation Point | 3.0 miles | 18 | |
| Jerusalem | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Refuge (historical) | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Woodbine | 3.6 miles | 18 | |
| Tarboro | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Tompkins | 3.8 miles | 17 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jefferson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q60789298 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332093. 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.









