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Jonesville, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waskom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75659. It stands on Big Sis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waskom quadrangle. It stands 246 feet above sea level.

Jonesville within Harrison County

On record in Jonesville

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

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

249 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 249 fires within 5 miles of Jonesville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 2,959 acres in total. 7 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
Debris and open burning117
Missing data/not specified/undetermined77
Arson/incendiarism15
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Equipment and vehicle use11
Natural7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS/WOODS
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID - WASKOM VFD
5 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODS FIRE
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 1998Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution85 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6232
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6202

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

16 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jonesville in 16 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 6 hail, 4 tornado, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 injury. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Jonesville1 hurt, $100,000This tornado began 5 miles west of Waskom and just south of I-20. The tornado caused damage to several metal buildings at Five Star Builders. The tornado then tracked east uprooting and snapping trees along its path before lifting near CR-1105. There was one injury reported with this tornado.
April 2009Tornado (EF1)Jonesville$250,000This storm developed over eastern Harrison County about 6 miles northwest of Waskom. This tornado first touched down about one half mile west of FM 134, continuing east across FM 9 about 3 miles north of Waskom, before entering western Caddo Parish. Numerous trees were uprooted and snapped, especially east of FM 9, and across Highway 169.|There were some homes damaged from fallen trees and also from the tornado itself near Masters Road in east central Harrison County.
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Jonesville$50,000An EF-1 tornado with winds estimated around 105 mph touched down along and east of County Road 2705 and just north of Farm To Market Road 134, where it uprooted several trees. It traveled north-northeast where it severely damaged two mobile homes along Bennett Road off of County Road 2705. The tornado continued north-northeast resulting in scattered tree and power line damage along Farm To Market Road 9. Additional trees were snapped and uprooted along Farm To Market Road 1999 before the tornado lifted.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindJonesville$20,000A tree fell on a home in Elysian Fields on Strickland Spring Road. Other trees were downed in Karnack, Texas and throughout Harrison County.
December 2008LightningJonesville$20,000Lightning struck a salt water disposal tank near mile marker 624 just off Interstate 20 west of Waskom, Texas. The resulting fire spread to other nearby tanks in the area as well.
June 2023HailJonesville-Quarter size hail reported just north of Waskom via social media.
January 2022HailJonesville-Quarter size hail fell on the north side of Waskom.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Numerous trees down on FM 1998, as well as Highway 80 near Scottsville. At least ten power poles were downed near Scottsville as well. Trees were also downed on the roadways near Karnack.
December 2018FloodJonesville-FM 134 over Big Sis Creek between Jonesville and Waskom was closed due to flooding.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Power lines were downed in Jonesville resulting in much of the town to lose power.
March 2016HailJonesville-Ping-pong ball size hail fell 3 miles west of Waskom.
July 2013Thunderstorm WindJonesville-Trees were downed on FM 134 near the Jonesville community.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Jonesville-A few trees were snapped with the initial touchdown just north and along Interstate 20 near the Highway 80 exit just west of Waskom. The tornado continued northeast causing sporadic tree damage along Bellview Road. The tornado then continued northeast where it toppled several large trees and knocked down large limbs along Concord Road between FM 134 and Owen George Road. The tornado continued northeast where it took the tops off of a few trees along Owen George Road. The tornado continued northeast knocking over a few trees along FM 9 where it finally dissipated. Maximum winds were estimated at 70-75 mph.
February 1999HailJonesville-no account filed
January 1998HailJonesville-no account filed
February 1993HailJonesville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Waskom3.0 miles16
Stricklin Springs5.1 miles14
Lotta5.6 miles15
Scottsville7.4 miles14
Leigh7.4 miles14
Crossroads7.5 miles14
Latex8.2 miles15
Elysian Fields9.7 miles13

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 JonesvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q12833645The 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 1378502. 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.