Jones, Georgia
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Townsend census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31323. It lies near Horsepen Island. The Survey maps it on the Riceboro quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1920 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1943 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Sapelo River quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1948 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Riceboro quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000
- 1978 USGS Brunswick quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1980 USGS Riceboro quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Jesup quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
171 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 171 fires within 5 miles of Jones between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,054 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 100 |
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 30 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2001-MCINTOSH-020 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-MCINTOSH-008 |
| 3 August 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 20 August 2002 | Natural | 2.7 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-SCREVEN-017 |
| 15 August 2007 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 14 August 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-MCINTOSH-002 |
| 10 August 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.1 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jones in 3 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jones | - | The McIntosh County 911 Call Center reported a tree down on Jones Road. |
| August 2009 | Hail | Jones | - | Law Enforcement reported quarter size hail in Jones, Georgia. |
| November 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jones | - | Several trees and large limbs were down. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brickston | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Warsaw | 3.1 miles | 13 | |
| Chimney Villa | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| South Newport | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Huxford | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Townsend | 6.9 miles | 13 | |
| Eulonia | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Pine Harbor | 8.1 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 316203. 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.










