BlockJordan, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78662. It stands on Brushy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Rosanky quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1901 USGS Flatonia quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Rosanky quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
70 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Jordan between 1993 and 2020, burning about 699 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Debris and open burning | 27 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH304 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOERTZ |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE CANYON |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINE VALLEY LOOP FIRE |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH BRANCH - 127 |
| 12 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATTERSON ROAD FRIE |
| 31 August 2019 | Natural | 7.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RED PINE |
| 24 August 2018 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MEUTH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Jordan | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6277424 | 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 1380013. 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.