BlockJewell, Georgia
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Norris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31045. It stands on Long Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jewell quadrangle. It stands 420 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 10 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
- 1972 USGS Jewell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1981 USGS Thomson quadrangle1:100000
- 1988 USGS Athens quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
209 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Jewell between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,951 acres in total. 18 started naturally. 7 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 | 117 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 18 |
| Smoking | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN010 |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-003 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN008 |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WARREN-003 |
| 13 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN006 |
| 10 September 1999 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 10 September 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewell in 4 storm reports between 2002 and 2017: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jewell | $10,000 | The Warren County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down across the county. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jewell | $1,000 | The Warren county 911 center reported that power lines were down in the Jewell/Jewells Mill area. |
| March 2010 | Funnel Cloud | Jewell | - | The public observed a funnel cloud in the Beall Springs area in far southwestern Warren county. A tornado warning was in effect at the time and there was clear indication of a strong circulation on the Doppler radar. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Jewell | - | The Warren County 911 Center relayed a report of half dollar-sized hail from the far southern part of the 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ansley | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Four Points | 1.8 miles | 10 | |
| Beall Springs | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| Downs | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Stony Hill | 5.8 miles | 10 | |
| Norris | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Warrenton | 9.8 miles | 10 | |
| East Warrenton | 10.5 miles | 10 |
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 Jewell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6189535 | 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 332098. 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.