BlockJennings Mill, Georgia
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1998. It stands in the Bogart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30677. The Survey maps it on the Athens West quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Athens West quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
- 1998 USGS Athens West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
126 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Jennings Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 251 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 19 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 | 53 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 September 1999 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 16 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1997 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-CLARKE-004 |
| 7 August 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 6 August 1999 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 31 August 1995 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennings Mill in 4 storm reports between 2019 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings Mill | $8,000 | The public reported numerous trees blown down along Mars Hill Road. |
| August 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings Mill | $7,000 | The Oconee County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down from around Mars Hill Road and Rocky Branch Road. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings Mill | - | Tree down at 10 and 78 interchange near Athens. |
| June 2021 | Hail | Jennings Mill | - | The public reported hail the size of ping pong balls on Sagefield Drive. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sagamore Hills | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Overlook Village | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Fieldstone | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Canyon Creek | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Briar Lakes | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Ridge | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Barber Creek Estates | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Den Court | 1.3 miles | 15 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122557813 | 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 356755. 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.