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Jordan, Kentucky

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 42050. The Survey maps it on the Cayce quadrangle. It stands 400 feet above sea level.

Jordan within Fulton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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.

Fires near this place

14 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 1998 and 2016, burning about 213 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Natural1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTennessee Division of ForestrySEVENTY FOUR
30 September 2011Smoking2.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryFIFTY TWO
13 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryGREENWAY
24 August 2007Smoking34 acresTennessee Division of ForestryNINETY ONE
25 June 1998Debris and open burning12 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
17 April 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryTWELVE
12 April 1999Debris and open burning2.0 acresTennessee Division of Forestrynot named
9 March 2007Debris and open burning8.0 acresTennessee Division of ForestryTWENTY FOUR

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fulton County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Jordan: 1 past producer, 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fire Clay (Refractory), Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Huntingdon ProspectClayProspect
Union City PitFire Clay (Refractory)Past Producer

Every working recorded in Fulton County

Storms near this place

3 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordan in 3 storm reports between 2010 and 2021: 3 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2021Tornado (EF2)Jordan$310,000One home was destroyed, with the roof removed. Multiple outbuildings collapsed. Multiple large trees were snapped and uprooted. Peak winds were estimated near 125 mph.
May 2010Tornado (EF1)Jordan$35,000The tornado touched down southwest of Cayce and travelled northeast, mainly damaging trees. Damage near Cayce consisted of downed trees and limbs caused by the EF-0 tornado. Near Highway 924, the tornado increased to EF-1 intensity and caused some minor damage to houses and outbuildings. One mobile home was moved a few feet, and the roof was torn back. A boat on a trailer was flipped over. Anchored television antennas were pulled out of the ground and bent. The tornado further increased in strength upon crossing into Hickman County.
April 2014Tornado (EF1)Jordan$30,000This tornado continued northeast across the Tennessee state line from Obion County into Fulton County, Kentucky. By the time the tornado reached Kentucky, it was significantly less destructive. The tornado was witnessed by a number of people, including trained spotters. One church received light to moderate damage. A small portion of the church's metal roof was blown off, and the steeple came down. A nearby small, wooden barn was heavily damaged. There was nearby tree damage. Otherwise, all the known damage occurred in the Tennessee portion of the track. The damage occurred in the vicinity of the intersection of Highways 781 and 166 west of Fulton. Peak winds in the Fulton County portion of the track were near 90 mph.

Every storm recorded in Fulton 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Liberty (historical)1.8 miles18
Ebenezer (historical)2.9 miles18
Cayce3.6 miles18
Union (historical)4.5 miles9
Harmony (historical)6.2 miles9
Crutchfield7.4 miles9
Riceville7.7 miles9
Stubbs7.9 miles17

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 JordanAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q14690732The 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 508358. 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.