BlockJordan, Iowa
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1993. It stands in Jackson Township. It lies in ZIP code area 50036. The Survey maps it on the Boone East quadrangle. It stands 1,102 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1916 USGS Boone quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Waterloo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Boone East quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
- 1993 USGS Ames quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 2009 and 2012, burning about 4 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 31 March 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | 1624 220TH STREET, IOWA |
| 8 November 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
| 7 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Iowa Department of Natural Resources | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordan in 6 storm reports between 1999 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $20,000 | Roof blown of a farm expo building and power lines snapped at the base. |
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jordan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| July 1999 | Hail | Jordan | $10,000 | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Lightning | Jordan | $1,000 | no account filed |
| March 2023 | Hail | Jordan | - | Hail accompanied by very strong winds. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Jordan | - | Public reported generally quarter sized hail falling in the last 5 minutes. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ericson | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Boone | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Luther | 5.9 miles | 13 | |
| Napier | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Moingona | 8.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mackey | 8.2 miles | 12 | |
| Centerville | 8.6 miles | 13 | |
| Logansport | 8.7 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Jordan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6276312 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 457993. 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.