BlockRed Stone, Georgia
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1979. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30549. The Survey maps it on the Jefferson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1891 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Greenville quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Jefferson quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Commerce quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Red Stone between 1992 and 2020, burning about 311 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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 | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 3 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 8.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-JACKSON-005 |
| 22 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2017-JACKSON-002 |
| 13 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 13 September 1993 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Stone in 9 storm reports between 2010 and 2018: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 | Hail | Red Stone | $739,000 | A report of 2 inch hail in the Preserve Neighborhood near Jefferson Middle School was received on social media. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Red Stone | $646,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported golf ball size hail on Storey Porter Road. |
| December 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Red Stone | $50,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey found that an EF-1 tornado, associated with a nocturnal supercell thunderstorm within a broken line of storms, produced damage south of the city of Jefferson in Jackson County. The damage path began with the snapped trunks of small trees southwest of Jefferson, just north of Lee Street/Winder Highway near the intersection with Highway 129. The tornado moved east-southeast to the intersection of M.L. King Jr. Drive and Magnolia Avenue, uprooting and snapping at least a half dozen tress and overturning a small storage shed at the Paradise AME Church. The tornado then crossed Athens Street and moved along Georgia Bell Drive and Dixie Red Avenue uprooting trees and causing minor damage to several homes in the area. The tornado uprooted trees at the end Meadow Lane and along Jefferson River Road before dissipating just north of the intersection of Jefferson River Road and River Meadows Drive around 3.5 miles from its starting point. The maximum winds speeds within this tornado were estimated to be up to 105 MPH with a maximum path width of 250 yards. [12/29/16: Tornado #1, County #1/1, EF1, Jackson, 2016:013]. |
| August 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Stone | $20,000 | The Jackson County 911 Center reported that a portion of a roof was blown off one home and a chimney was blown off another home on Jameston Drive near Jefferson. One tree was also down on Ralph Garrison Road. |
| August 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Stone | $8,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported multiple trees blown down in the Jefferson and Arcade areas. |
| April 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Stone | $8,000 | A report was received on social media of trees down along Highway 11 southwest of Jefferson. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Red Stone | $5,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported portions of dirt roads in the Johnson Mill Road area or 4 miles southwest of Jefferson had washout problems or minor erosion damage. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Stone | $2,000 | The Jackson County Emergency Manager reported several trees down just northwest of Jefferson. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Red Stone | - | Quarter size hail was reported at Jackson County High School. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarksboro | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Talassee (historical) | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Attica | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Arcade | 3.1 miles | 12 | |
| Brockton | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Center | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jefferson | 5.2 miles | 12 | |
| Nicholson | 5.5 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 349520. 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.