BlockCordele, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Edna-Cordele census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77957. The Survey maps it on the Cordele quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Cordele quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS El Campo quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
5 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Cordele between 2000 and 2011, burning about 346 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 | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 9 |
| 4 September 2011 | Smoking | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KUBECKA FIRE |
| 1 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORDELE |
| 1 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 284 FIRE |
| 28 February 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVID KALLUS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cordele in 13 storm reports between 1999 and 2026: 10 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | $400,000 | An emergency manager shared a photo of a snapped power line along FM 530. This represented the most intense wind damage from this storm, estimated at 118 mph based on ETL with a DoD of 4.||In the aftermath of this storm, an extensive coordination effort between local agencies, power companies and contractors were needed to clean up and repair damages across Jackson county. In total, 1,636 outages occurred across Jackson county as a result of these storms. 24 wooden power poles were broken with 52 broken crossarms. 61 poles had their wires pulled off from the winds. 80 field personnel and 25 office staff were necessary to coordinate recovery. Total damages from the storm were estimated to cost between $350,000 to $400,000. |
| September 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | $50,000 | Three barns damaged and phone poles down (reported by Lavaca Navidad River Authority). |
| May 1999 | Hail | Cordele | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | $25,000 | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | $15,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds ripped a roof off of a trailer home. |
| April 2026 | Flood | Cordele | - | FM 1300 was closed due to water over the roadways. The road did not open up until later the next day. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | - | An emergency manager reported extensive damage to electrical lines along FM 530 spanning from county road 274 to county road 273. Numerous broken wooden cross members and leaning wooden poles lined this span of roadway. Winds were estimated at 108 mph using ETL with a DoD of 3. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | - | An emergency manager reported that a circuit from the Enda substation was lost, resulting in power outages for north Edna, Morales and Navidad. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | - | An emergency manager reported that the Cordele power substation lost one circuit, resulting in power outages across the area. Winds estimated at 80 mph based ETL with a DoD of 1. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | - | An emergency manager reported that a barn had sustained heavy roofing damage. Winds estimated at 80 mph based on SBO with a DoD of 2. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | - | An emergency manager reported that strong winds caused an RV to roll over near FM 530 and Bagby Road. |
| April 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cordele | - | An emergency manager reported that there were multiple downed wires and broken crossarms along FM530. Live wires left on the ground reportedly killed a cow the next morning after the storms past. Winds estimated at 100 mph from ETL with a DoD of 2. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Cordele | - | Numerous road closures in and around Northern Jackson County due to heavy rain causing water over roadways. Majority of the flooded roads extended from the Morales and Cordele area eastward to the Jackson-Wharton county line. |
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 1380831. 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.