Jenkins, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Daingerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75638. It stands on South Union Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Star quadrangle. It stands 285 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Lone Star quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
249 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Jenkins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,654 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 32 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 | 130 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 32 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 566 |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRIS 12:45 |
| 6 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6225 |
| 6 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 90514 |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLCREST FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Jenkins: 7 past producers, 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Water, Free. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Deposits | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1830, 1855 | |
| Unknown | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Daingerfield Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Oak Grove-Rock Springs Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Lone Star Steel Black Mountain Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Daingerfield Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Limonite Pits | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Main Pits | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Plant | Iron | Producer | ||
| Morris County Line Deposits | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite |
Storms near this place
2 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jenkins in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2020: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2020 | Hail | Jenkins | - | Quarter size hail fell near the Jenkins community north of Lone Star. |
| January 2008 | Hail | Jenkins | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Laman | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Daingerfield | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gillis | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Cason | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rocky Branch | 9.4 miles | 11 | |
| Mount Mitchell | 11.0 miles | 9 | |
| Omaha | 14.2 miles | 11 |
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 Jenkins | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28030616 | 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 1378496. 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.



