Jordan Place, Georgia
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Leesburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 31763. The Survey maps it on the Neyami quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Leslie quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1973 USGS Neyami quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Albany quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
233 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 233 fires within 5 miles of Jordan Place between 1992 and 2019, burning about 971 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 24 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 | 141 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1997 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 7 September 2002 | Smoking | 5.2 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-011 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2003-LEE-010 |
| 4 September 1995 | Smoking | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 29 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 6.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE007 |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 22 September 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.3 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020LEE004 |
| 22 September 1996 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 4.9 acres | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Jordan Place: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauxite Mine | Aluminum | Past Producer | ||
| Dobson Mine | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Leesburg Sand Co Mine | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordan Place in 5 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan Place | $3,000 | A few trees were blown down in the western part of the county. The monetary damage figure provided is a rough estimate. |
| July 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan Place | $1,000 | A pine tree fell on a power line on Armena Road, likely due to outflow winds from a storm just to the north. |
| April 2020 | Flood | Jordan Place | - | Minor road flooding occurred at Highway 19 and Pinewood Road. |
| July 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan Place | - | A few trees and power lines were blown down along Highway 32. |
| January 2012 | Hail | Jordan Place | - | Hail the size of quarters was estimated along Pinewood Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leesburg | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Starksville | 3.5 miles | 9 | |
| Byne Crossroads | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Neyami | 4.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mossy Dell | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Century | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Oakland | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Armena | 6.6 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 326350. 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.





