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Jonestown, Georgia

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Higdon-Mobile census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30555. It stands on Kingtown Branch. The Survey maps it on the Epworth quadrangle.

Jonestown within Fannin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

13 surveys from 21 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.

Fires near this place

347 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 347 fires within 5 miles of Jonestown between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,185 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 107 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 burning164
Arson/incendiarism107
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Misuse of fire by a minor15
Railroad operations and maintenance10
Recreation and ceremony8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural4
Smoking2

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
7 September 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
29 September 2007Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
26 September 1999Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named
22 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
18 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
12 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreNorth Carolina Forest ServiceANGELICO RIDGE
19 August 1999Debris and open burningunder an acreGeorgia Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fannin County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 36 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 36 workings within 5 miles of Jonestown: 23 past producers, 7 producers, 4 prospects, 1 occurrence. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Copper, Copper, Sulfur, Iron, Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Boyd MineIron, Zinc, Copper, Sulfur-Pyrite, Silver, Lead, GoldPast Producer1854, 1941
Burra Burra MineZinc, Silver, Lead, Iron, Gold, Copper, SulfurPast Producer1843, 1901
Calloway MineZinc, Iron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Silver, GoldPast Producer1853, 1948
Cherokee MineCopper, Iron, Zinc, Sulfur, Gold, Silver, LeadPast Producer1847, 1962
Cities Service Iron RoasterCopper, Sulfur, Sulfuric Acid, Iron, ZincProducer
East Tennessee MineSulfur, Copper, IronProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Eureka MineIron, Copper, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Isabella MineCopper, Iron, Sulfur, Lead, Zinc, Silver, GoldPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
MaryIron, Zinc, Copper, SulfurPast ProducerChalcopyrite, Magnetite, Pyrite, Pyrrhotite, Sphalerite
Mine No. 20Copper, Iron-PyriteOccurrenceMassive Sulfide

Every working recorded in Fannin 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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Fry0.3 miles21
McCaysville0.9 miles23
Kingtown0.9 miles21
Williamstown1.9 miles23
Pantertown2.1 miles23
Pierceville2.4 miles21
Epworth2.5 miles21
Kyle2.7 miles23

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 351115. 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.