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Categories: Boone County, Iowa > Unincorporated communities in Iowa

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Jordan is an unincorporated community in Boone County, Iowa, United States.

Jordan was hit by a massive tornado on June 13, 1976. The tornado was rated an F-5 by the National Weather Service, and the National Climate Data Center indicated that the damage path of the tornado was roughly 880 yards (one half-mile) wide and 21 miles (34 km) long. The tornado destroyed virtually every house and business building in the community, but all residents survived. The tornado was accompanied by an F-3 anticyclonic tornado a few miles away. Dr Fujita, the originator of the Fujita tornado intensity scale, said the tornado which hit Jordan was the most intense and destructive he had ever studied.

Municipalities and communities of Boone County, Iowa

County seat: Boone

Cities	Beaver \| Berkley \| Boone \| Boxholm \| Fraser \| Luther \| Madrid \| Ogden \| Pilot Mound \| Sheldahl‡

Community	Jordan

Townships	Amaqua \| Beaver \| Cass \| Colfax \| Des Moines \| Dodge \| Douglas \| Garden \| Grant \| Harrison \| Jackson \| Marcy \| Peoples \| Pilot Mound \| Union \| Worth \| Yell

Footnotes	‡This populated place also has portions in an adjacent county or counties