Jerusalem, Georgia

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Mansfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30055. The Survey maps it on the Mansfield quadrangle.

Jerusalem within Newton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

1896 USGS Monroe quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
1953 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1958 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1963 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Mansfield quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1980 USGS Athens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000

Fires near this place

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Jerusalem between 1992 and 2020, burning about 735 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 18 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	114
Arson/incendiarism	18
Natural	17
Equipment and vehicle use	17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	14
Smoking	11
Misuse of fire by a minor	6
Recreation and ceremony	4
Railroad operations and maintenance	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
26 September 2008	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
22 September 2001	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-JASPER-004
20 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.6 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2014-NEWTON-001
19 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
19 September 2005	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
18 September 2000	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2001-NEWTON-012
16 September 1993	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
15 September 2001	Debris and open burning	1.9 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2002-NEWTON-002

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

5 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jerusalem in 5 storm reports between 2013 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2013	Tornado (EF2)	Jerusalem	1 hurt, $500,000	A National Weather Service storm survey determined that an EF-2 tornado formed within a line of storms moving through Newton County. It first touched down along Dukes Road, southwest of Mansfield, where it snapped and uprooted a few trees. As the tornado moved east along Kellogg Street it increased in intensity, producing EF-1 damage to several homes along Kellogg Street and Savannah Street. The EF-2 damage occurred to an older home on the north side of Kellogg Street where the home was completely destroyed. A mobile home further east along Kellogg Street was also completely destroyed. One person was injured in the mobile home and was trapped within the debris. Numerous trees and power lines were snapped and downed along Kellogg Stret as well as further east along Sewell and Lloyd Roads. In all, eight homes sustained significant damage and a few buildings in downtown Mainsfield sustained minor damage. The tornado began to weaken as it headed northeast crossing CR-213 where a park sustaned damage to several outbuildings and several trees were uprooted. Minor tree damage was noted in the town of Newborn as the tornado moved through the north side of town. The tornado then crossed into Morgan County.\|[04/19/13: Tornado #1, County #1-2, EF2, Newton-Morgan, 2013:008].
March 2013	Hail	Jerusalem	$1,220,000	The Newton County 911 Center reported golfball sized hail in the Mansfield area.
April 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$100,000	The Newton County Emergency Manager reported multiple structures damaged and a partial building collapse around the intersection of Highways 213 and 11 in downtown Mansfield. No injuries were reported.
July 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$4,000	The Newton County Emergency Manager reported a large tree knocked out power lines around the intersection of Mill Pond Road and Loyd Road southeast of Mansfield.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Jerusalem	$2,000	The public reported a large oak tree blown down on Mill Pond Road near Highway 11.

Every storm recorded in Newton County

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Mansfield	0.4 miles	16
Mansfield Estates	0.5 miles	17
Silver Lake	1.1 miles	17
Hayston	1.4 miles	17
Newborn	2.4 miles	16
Brookwood East	3.1 miles	17
Hollow Hills	3.5 miles	17
Bear Creek Estates	3.6 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1673510. 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.