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Jordan, New Mexico

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1970. It stands in the House-Forrest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 88427. The Survey maps it on the Jordan quadrangle.

Jordan within Quay County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 6 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

12 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 1994 and 2011, burning about 1,005 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined6
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Debris and open burning1

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
10 August 2010Natural60 acresLas Vegas DistrictDOWNEY
9 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLATHAM
5 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionUPTON
25 July 2011Equipment and vehicle use30 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMOON
24 July 2005Natural120 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionLYONS
18 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined400 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionSPARKS
10 July 2001Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionINGLISH
18 June 2001Equipment and vehicle use10 acresNew Mexico State Forestry DivisionMOON

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Quay County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Jordan: 6 unknowns, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Ragland PitLimestone, GeneralProducerCaliche
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Quay County

Storms near this place

3 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jordan in 3 storm reports between 2013 and 2018: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2018Thunderstorm WindJordan$25,000A wet microburst along NM-156 west of Ragland destroyed a sheet metal barn, pulled several concrete anchored fence posts from the ground, and toppled a tree. Damage amounts are estimated.
May 2017Funnel CloudJordan-Funnel cloud southwest of Quay moved north/northwest toward the I-40 corridor.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindJordan-Outflow winds along thunderstorm gust front near Ragland with visibility reduced to zero in blowing dust.

Every storm recorded in Quay 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
Ragland5.9 miles7
Ford (historical)7.1 miles7
Kirk (historical)7.4 miles7
McAlister8.0 miles7
House10.6 miles6
Quay10.7 miles6
Hassell11.1 miles6
Hartford (historical)12.2 miles6

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 898559. 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.