Jones Creek, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Brazoria-West Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77541. The Survey maps it on the Jones Creek quadrangle. 1,975 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 13 feet above sea level.
On record in Jones Creek
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Durazno Plantationlisted 1980
Population over time
2 figuresJones Creek fell from 2,020 to 1,975 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,020 | |
| 2020 | 1,975 | -45 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
12 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Jones Creek between 2002 and 2013, burning about 188 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | YELLOWSTONE LEVEE |
| 4 July 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS RIVER AT BAYWOOD |
| 4 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOW |
| 19 June 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | YELLOWSTONE LEVEE |
| 4 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FREEPORT |
| 3 April 2002 | Debris and open burning | 68 acres | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | BADGE |
| 24 March 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEVEE ROAD |
| 11 March 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | SEQ 1 |
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 Jones Creek: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Dome Prospect | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | 1927 |
Storms near this place
3 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jones Creek in 3 storm reports between 1997 and 2016: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Jones Creek | $50,000 | A small EF-1 tornado moved from a wildlife management area one mile southwest south of Jones Creek where it uprooted several large trees. The tornado then crossed Highway 36 and severely damaged a mobile home just north of the roadway. The tornado caused minor damage for approximately a mile toward the northeast before reaching the Brazos River, or one mile northeast of Jones Creek. Estimated peak wind speed was 90 mph. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jones Creek | $5,000 | Trees down at SFA Rd. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Jones Creek | $2,000 | Ping pong ball size hail was observed in Jones Creek from this severe thunderstorm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oakland | 1.7 miles | 9 | |
| Perry Landing | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Gulf Park | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Velasco Heights | 4.6 miles | 12 | |
| Lake Jackson | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Clute | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Velasco | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Freeport | 5.2 miles | 12 |
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 Jones Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2933387 | 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 1360387. 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.






