Stokesville, Georgia

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1917 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the St. George census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31562. The Survey maps it on the Macclenny NE quadrangle.

Stokesville within Charlton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 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.

1917 USGS Macclenny quadrangle1:62500
1918 USGS Macclenny quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
1954 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1958 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1959 USGS Valdosta quadrangle1:250000
1972 USGS Macclenny NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1981 USGS Lake City quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

206 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 206 fires within 5 miles of Stokesville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,037 acres in total. 59 started naturally. 68 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	68
Natural	59
Debris and open burning	42
Equipment and vehicle use	14
Railroad operations and maintenance	8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 September 2006	Natural	2.0 acres	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
29 September 2017	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	FY2018-CHARLTON-005
28 September 1994	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
25 September 2012	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	ILLEGAL BURN (45)
2 September 2014	Natural	under an acre	Florida Forest Service	D.B. HICKS (45) 2014-07-0246
2 September 1999	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named
1 September 2006	Arson/incendiarism	1.2 acres	Florida Forest Service	COUNTY ROAD FIRE 2006-07-0290
1 September 2003	Natural	under an acre	Georgia Forestry Commission	not named

Every fire recorded in Charlton County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Stokesville: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	St. Marys Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Charlton County

Storms near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Stokesville in 1 storm report in 2013: 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
May 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Stokesville	-	Trees were blown down on the road near the intersection of County Roads 125 and 127. The time of the damage was based on radar.

Every storm recorded in Charlton 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Clarking	9.6 miles	13
Saint George	9.6 miles	13
Boggy	10.6 miles	11
Moniac	12.5 miles	11
Toledo	17.5 miles	12
Stanley Landing	25.7 miles	11
Traders Hill	27.4 miles	11
Ferry Landing	27.7 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326534. 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.