Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.
“The Jewell Historic District is a 56 acres (23 ha) historic district in Jewell, Georgia which was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1979.”
Wikipedia article Jewell Historic District, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 11 National Register listings published here for Hancock County · listed in 1979 · category: District.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 207 fires within 5 miles of Jewell Historic District between 1992 and 2019, burning about 1,927 acres in total. 17 started naturally. 8 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 | 116 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Natural | 17 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2012-HANCOCK-023 |
| 25 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN010 |
| 24 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.6 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2011-HANCOCK-005 |
| 22 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2013-WARREN-003 |
| 21 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN008 |
| 21 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WARREN-003 |
| 13 September 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 11 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WARREN006 |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shivers-Simpson House | 1.1 miles | 1970 | |
| Cheely-Coleman House | 3.2 miles | 1976 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 79003106 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Hancock County | All 11 listed properties in this county. |
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