BlockJewtown, Georgia
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1945 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the St. Simons census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31522. It lies near Ledbetter Island. The Survey maps it on the Brunswick East 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.
- 1945 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1979 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1981 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brunswick East quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
14 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Jewtown between 1994 and 2006, burning about 19 acres in total. 5 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 | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 July 2004 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 2006 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 28 June 1998 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 June 1996 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 May 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 May 1994 | Natural | 1.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 May 2001 | Natural | 2.5 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-GLYNN-036 |
| 2 April 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewtown in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2022 | Flood | Jewtown | - | Several reports sourced from a live traffic map indicated several areas of street flooding along frederica road and demere road. A flood warning was in effect. ASOS KSSI measured 0.8 inches of rain. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jewtown | - | A semi-truck was flipped on its side by winds along the Torras Causeway. The time of the event was based on radar data. There was a tornado warning in effect for this area at the time. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Jewtown | - | Dime to nickel size hail was observed on St. Simons Island. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Jewtown | - | A spotter measured 2.6 inches of rainfall in under one hour. The time frame of the event was estimated. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Jewtown | - | Penny size hail was reported along Harry Driggers Blvd. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Island Retreat | 0.4 miles | 17 | |
| Riverview | 0.5 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Simons Heights | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Central Park | 0.7 miles | 17 | |
| Youngwood | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Saint Simon Mills | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Druid Oaks | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Kelvin Grove | 0.9 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 Jewtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18153635 | 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 332100. 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.