La Madera is the name given to the easternmost part of the town of San Jerónimo

San Jerónimo (Los Barbosa)

-Flora:Many native trees live numerously in the town and the slopes, most of them are leguminous. These trees are:-Economy:The economy in the town was mostly farming maize in cuamiles, which are crops on mountain slopes, and cattle ranching...

 in the municipality of San Martín de Hidalgo

San Martín de Hidalgo

San Martín de Hidalgo is a city and municipality, in Jalisco in central-western Mexico. The municipality covers an area of 324.57 km².As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 26,306; and the city had a population of 8,092....

, Jalisco

Jalisco

Jalisco officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Jalisco is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is located in Western Mexico and divided in 125 municipalities and its capital city is Guadalajara.It is one of the more important states...

, Mexico

Mexico

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. The area was known for its lumber, brought down from the Sierra de Quila, and was used for making corrals, and for house construction.

History

The area was first known to be the property of the Medina family, they made a living by selling lumber used for housing from the Sierra de Quila. The people that lived in the San Jerónimo would go to the area saying vamos a la madera, translated as "let's go to the wood". After many years, the name of La Madera meaning "the wood" referred to the area east of San Jerónimo. The Medinas' house was known as La Casa Grande, it stood in the middle of their property and was noted for its side-porches. The place was said to be haunted. The house was destroyed to make way for an agave

Agave

Agave is a genus of monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies ; they are commonly known as the century plant....

 farm.

Other families moved into the area as well, the well-known are the Quintero and the Gómez. Magdaleno Quintero Velásquez (born 1862) was a prominent rancher in the area, his descendants live in La Madera and San Jerónimo today.

Population

Although no official population count has been attributed exclusively to the area, El Potrerito's population is composed of approximately 67 inhabitants.

Water

Water

Water

Water is a chemical substance with the chemical formula H2O. A water molecule contains one oxygen and two hydrogen atoms connected by covalent bonds. Water is a liquid at ambient conditions, but it often co-exists on Earth with its solid state, ice, and gaseous state . Water also exists in a...

 is provided by the Arroyo Las Minas, La Cañada, El Ceboruco, and Arroyito Blanco creeks.

Weather

Around 1970, a small tornado

Tornado

A tornado is a violent, dangerous, rotating column of air that is in contact with both the surface of the earth and a cumulonimbus cloud or, in rare cases, the base of a cumulus cloud. They are often referred to as a twister or a cyclone, although the word cyclone is used in meteorology in a wider...

coming from San Jerónimo passed through La Madera. The tornado blew off the roofs of many homes.