BlockJinks, Georgia
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Faceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 39819. It stands on Boykin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chattahoochee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Chattahoochee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Bainbridge quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Chattahoochee quadrangle1:24000
- 1988 USGS Tallahassee quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Chattahoochee quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
177 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Jinks between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,314 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 54 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 | 79 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 54 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Other causes | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1997 | Recreation and ceremony | 28 acres | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Florida Forest Service | MASON RD (20)-0596 |
| 28 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-SEMINOLE-007 |
| 20 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Florida Forest Service | (20) PINEVIEW COMMAND |
| 12 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 25 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 August 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jinks: 4 producers, 1 unknown, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Limestone, General, Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glf Construction Corp. - Glf Borrow Pit Mine | Sand | Unknown | ||
| Radcliff Mat. Inc.(Chattahoochee Plant) | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Chattahoochee Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| State Clay Pit | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Chattahoochee Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Plant | ||
| Dravo Basic Materials - Chattahoochee Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand and Gravel | |
| Norman Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2026Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jinks in 1 storm report in 2026: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jinks | $3,000 | A broken pole occurred on Booster Club Rd. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332101. 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.
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.