BlockJennings, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Deport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75462. The Survey maps it on the Pattonville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Pattonville quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
74 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Jennings between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,134 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 50 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1700 FM 2120 |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1053 |
| 18 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS |
| 13 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1055 |
| 11 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 6 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH/GRASS FIRE |
| 5 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 210 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 367 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jennings: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Limestone, General | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jennings in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $50,000 | The Paris News reported and satellite imagery showed an unoccupied mobile home was rolled a couple times but remained mostly intact. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Jennings | $10,000 | A public report indicated golf ball sized hail approximately 2 miles west of the city of Pattonville, TX. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jennings | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Jennings | - | A flooded roadway was reported along FM 905 near Jennings and Marvin communities southeast of Paris. A water rescue was conducted involving a trapped vehicle due to high water. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Jennings | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail near Hwy 271 just south of Cox Field. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marvin | 2.1 miles | 8 | |
| Biardstown | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Pattonville | 3.9 miles | 8 | |
| Clardy | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Rockwell | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Sylvan | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Glory | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Reno | 5.8 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380001. 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.