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Jourdanton, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jourdanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78026. The Survey maps it on the Jourdanton quadrangle. 4,094 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 459 feet above sea level.

Jourdanton within Atascosa County

On record in Jourdanton

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

Population over time

2 figures

Jourdanton grew from 3,871 to 4,094 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.

YearPeople Change
20103,871
20204,094+223 (+6%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 9 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

299 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 299 fires within 5 miles of Jourdanton between 2005 and 2018, burning about 2,975 acres in total. 2 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 burning127
Missing data/not specified/undetermined86
Equipment and vehicle use58
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking6
Recreation and ceremony4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 97 AN SPUR 162
7 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2006Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2008Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR422
27 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atascosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Jourdanton: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Jourdanton SulfurSulfurProducer

Every working recorded in Atascosa County

Storms near this place

21 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jourdanton in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008Thunderstorm WindJourdanton$250,000A National Weather Service storm survey concluded that a microburst caused numerous trees down near downtown Jourdanton. Trees were down along Maple, Cedar, Main streets, along with other side roads near the courthouse. A lawn furniture manufacturing plant near the corner of Zanderson and maple was demolished with roof pieces being thrown several blocks away. There was other minor roof damage observed to a bail bonds business across the street from the Sheriff's office near the intersection of Oak Street and Campbell Avenue.
May 1995Thunderstorm WindJourdanton$40,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
May 1995HailJourdanton$40,000A bow-shaped thunderstorm system moved rapidly through Atascosa County, producing large hail and damaging winds. Windows were blown out in Jourdanton by large hail, driven horizontally by strong winds. Trees and power lines were knocked down. Mobile homes were overturned near Charlotte. A barn was destroyed near Charlotte. One man asleep in his mobile home was blown into the closet as it was destroyed by the winds. He was not injured. A storage shed company was destroyed; one of the sheds was blown nearly two miles down the road. Also destroyed were a finance company and an aircraft maintenance company. Two mobile homes were destroyed and another dozen damaged in Pleasanton.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Jourdanton$30,000A small tornado struck just west of Jourdanton, knocking over trees and power lines. It was observed by a deputy sheriff as it moved nearly a quarter mile before dissipating. No other damage was indicated.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindJourdanton$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 70 mph that blew a log through a house window in Jourdanton.
April 2019Thunderstorm WindJourdanton$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that broke some tree limbs.
April 2025HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail in Jourdanton.
April 2025HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced tea cup size hail in Jourdanton.
May 2024HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in Jourdanton.
May 2024HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail in Jourdanton.
February 2018HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Jourdanton.
February 2018HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near Jourdanton.
February 2018HailJourdanton-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near Jourdanton.
March 2008HailJourdanton-The COOP observer in Jourdanton reported nickel size hail.
March 2008Flash FloodJourdanton-Law enforcement reported minor flooding on Highways 97 and 16 and Spur 162 in Jourdanton. The co-op observer in Jourdanton reported 3.38 inches of rain during the event.
March 2008HailJourdanton-The Atascosa County Sheriff's office dispatch reported ping-pong ball and quarter size hail from Jourdanton to 3 miles north of Jourdanton.
July 2007Flash FloodJourdanton-Thunderstorms produced a general 2 to 3 inch rainfall, with up to 7 inches from Christine to Campbellton. FM140 was closed from Charlotte to near Campbellton. Most roads in southeast Atascosa County were also closed, including SH16 and FM791.
May 2005Flash FloodJourdanton-A general 1 to 2 inch rain fell between Jourdanton and Charlotte, with the highest totals near 4 inches just southeast of Jourdanton. SH16 and SH97 were closed due to flash flooding near Jourdanton. FM140 was closed southeast of Charlotte.
January 1998HailJourdanton-no account filed
February 1998HailJourdanton-no account filed
April 1995HailJourdanton-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Atascosa 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
Pleasanton4.9 miles9
Dobrowolski5.4 miles8
La Parita5.5 miles8
Coughran7.3 miles9
Amphion7.3 miles8
Poteet8.5 miles9
Christine9.3 miles9
Charlotte9.3 miles8

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 JourdantonAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980582The 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 1360436. 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.