BlockJiba, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kaufman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75142. It stands on Prairie Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kaufman quadrangle. It stands 413 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Kaufman quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Kaufman quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
189 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 189 fires within 5 miles of Jiba between 2005 and 2020, burning about 779 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 65 |
| Debris and open burning | 54 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Smoking | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2014 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FAIR GROUNDS |
| 6 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 151 |
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIBA |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6274 RAYMOND RD |
| 4 September 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 175 |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JEFFERSON |
| 4 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS CIR |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jiba in 7 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2014 | Hail | Jiba | $7,000 | Amateur radio spotters reported golf ball sized hail between Kemp and Kaufman, along US 175. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jiba | $5,000 | A public report indicated a 75 MPH wind gust measured by their weather station. Tree damage was reported on the property and a chicken coop was blown away. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Jiba | $5,000 | Quarter to ping pong ball sized hail was observed along US 175 on the southeast side of Kaufman. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Jiba | - | Brief half dollar size hail mixed with smaller hail was reported in Oak Grove. |
| February 2020 | Flood | Jiba | - | Multiple roads in Kaufman County were closed due to high water. Some that were listed were CRs 152, 153, 281 and 283. |
| February 2017 | Hail | Jiba | - | A social media report showed quarter size hail in Oak Grove. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Jiba | - | Kaufman Fire and Rescue reported that CR 147 near Hwy 175 was completely under water and closed to traffic. |
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.
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 Jiba | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076505 | 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 1378497. 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.