BlockJordan, Georgia
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1957 and the latest in 1988. It stands in the Glenwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 30428. It stands on Eddards Creek. The Survey maps it on the Jordan quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 8 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.
- 1957 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Jordan quadrangle1:24000
- 1979 USGS Vidalia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1988 USGS Macon quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
284 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,125 acres in total. 25 started naturally. 28 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 | 168 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 36 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 28 |
| Natural | 25 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHEELER010 |
| 28 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 27 September 2001 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2002-WHEELER-012 |
| 25 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2020WHEELER015 |
| 24 September 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | not named |
| 21 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Georgia Forestry Commission | FY2018-WHEELER-002 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordan in 10 storm reports between 2002 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths. 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Jordan | 2 killed | A brief tornado occurred in rural Wheeler County ahead of Hurricane Helene during the evening hours of September 26th. The tornado touched down and crossed Hwy 19 near the intersections of Ponderosa Road and Adams Cemetery Road. A few small trees were|snapped, but the main damage was to a mobile home/trailer that was completely destroyed with debris thrown across Hwy 19 into a field about 75 yards away. The mobile home/trailer was not fastened down and there are no pictures of what it looked like before it was hit. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $4,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down from around St. Paul Church Road and Opossum Road to Hope Church Road near Springhill Road. |
| March 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $4,000 | The Wheeler County 911 center reported several trees and power lines blown down across the county. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $3,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported a few trees blown down on Bells Ferry Road and St. Paul Church Road. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $3,000 | The Wheeler County 911 Center reported that several trees and power lines were down in the southern part of the county between Jordan and Lumber City along the Wheeler/Telfair county line. Some trees and power lines were down on Georgia Highway 19. |
| July 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $3,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Management Director reported that several trees and power lines were down in the southern part of the county, south of Jordan. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $2,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported trees blown down on St. Paul Church Road. |
| July 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $2,000 | The Wheeler county 911 center reported that trees and power lines were down along Georgia Highway 19 from Jordan south to the Telfair county line, near Lumber City. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $1,000 | The Wheeler County Emergency Manager reported a tree blown down near the intersection of Highway 19 and St. Paul Church Road. |
| January 2017 | Flash Flood | Jordan | - | Emergency Manager reported one dirt road washed out in the southern portion of the 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 332120. 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.