BlockJekyll Island, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Jekyll Island census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31527. It stands on Jekyll Island. The Survey maps it on the Jekyll Island quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
On record in Jekyll Island
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 4 records
Jekyll Island ClubNational Historic Landmark · listed 1972
Faith Chapellisted 1971
Horton-duBignon Houselisted 1971
Rockefeller Cottagelisted 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1945 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Jekyll Island quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Jekyll Island quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Jekyll Island quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Jekyll Island between 1993 and 2017, burning about 18 acres in total. 11 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 July 2007 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 19 July 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-GLYNN-001 |
| 13 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 12 July 2000 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-005 |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 June 1996 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 1997 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jekyll Island: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Titanium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jekyll Island Placer | Titanium | Occurrence | Beach Placer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| King City | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Simons | 5.5 miles | 17 | |
| Golf Retreat | 5.6 miles | 17 | |
| Demere Park | 5.7 miles | 17 | |
| Kings Terrace | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Mallory Park | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| East End | 6.3 miles | 17 | |
| Gordon Oaks Homes | 6.7 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 Jekyll Island | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q111941856 | 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 2806019. 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.