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Follett, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Follett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79034. The Survey maps it on the Follett quadrangle. 373 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,598 feet above sea level.

Follett within Lipscomb County

Population over time

3 figures

Follett fell from 412 to 373 between 2000 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
2000412
2010459+47 (+11%)
2020373-86 (-19%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

47 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Follett between 2006 and 2019, burning about 4,411 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 4 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
Equipment and vehicle use16
Natural11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Arson/incendiarism4
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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
5 August 2008Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLAYTON'S IRRIGATION ENGINE
21 August 2019Natural40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKER FIRE
2 August 2016Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceST. JOHN GRASS FIRE
18 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1454 AND CR I
18 August 2010Arson/incendiarism30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJIMMY SCHEER'S PLACE
12 August 2019Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROCK SECTION
1 August 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHEEL BEARING

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Lipscomb County

Storms near this place

60 of 64 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Follett in 64 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 44 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 1 funnel cloud. 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
June 2003Thunderstorm WindFollett$30,000The Lipscomb county Justice of the Peace reported damage to the windows of several houses.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindFollett$12,000Several trees and limbs blown down along with the roof blown off a garage by the high winds.
May 2025HailFollett$10,000Baseball size hail fell west of Follett. This resulted in broken windshields o some vehicles in the area.
May 2025HailFollett$10,000A supercell thunderstorm that moved through the area roughly eight miles south of Follett produced very large hail. Ping pong ball size hail fell along FM1454 between Follett and Higgins. Additionally, several spotters observed and measured hailstones of 3.24 inches to 3.4 inches. It was likely that some of these stones had melted by the time the measurement had occurred and larger hail may have fallen.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindFollett$7,000Law enforcement officials reported that six power poles were snapped between six and nine miles south of Follett.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindFollett$5,000A horse barn was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
June 2011Tornado (EF0)Follett$5,000An official National Weather Service storm survey determined that the tornado briefly touched down near the intersection of County Road 19 and County Road D approximately five and a half miles west northwest of Follett Texas in Lipscomb County around 1850 CST. The tornado was on the ground for three hundred yards with a maximum path width of fifty yards. The tornado dissipated around 1852 CST. There was one outbuilding which was destroyed and the maximum wind speeds were around seventy knots. There were no injuries or fatalities reported.
September 2025HailFollett$5,000no account filed
September 1999Thunderstorm WindFollett$1,000Report of several windows broken.
May 2025HailFollett$1,000no account filed
June 2020HailFollett-Quarter size hail fell at Follett.
May 2020HailFollett-This hail was observed 4 miles west of Follett.
November 2020HailFollett-Some light accumulations of hail covered the ground.
May 2019HailFollett-Late report of quarter size hail with heavy rain in the area.
May 2019HailFollett-Hail not measured, but received pictures on social media along with reports of at least two broken windows.
May 2019Funnel CloudFollett-Late report of a funnel cloud southeast of Follett. Came down about half way to the ground and then lifted. Only lasted a few minutes.
May 2019Tornado (EF2)Follett-The tornado began in Lipscomb County in Texas, crossed into southeast Beaver County Oklahoma and crossed into Ellis and Harper Counties from there. The tornado got stronger and larger with time, but mainly damaged trees, fences and power poles in the area of this survey limiting the EF rating to a 2. The tornado did greater damage (and earned higher rating) as it destroyed a home just feet across the county line. This damage was surveyed by the Norman Weather Forecast Office.
April 2017HailFollett-Late report...time estimated by radar.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindFollett-Two 5th wheel trailers were blown over on Highway 15 between Follett and Darrouzett.
December 2015HailFollett-Hail up to the size of half dollars was reported to be covering the road approximately 2 miles south of Follett.
June 2013HailFollett-A thunderstorm that developed over western Beaver County during the evening hours of the 3rd took a southeast track into the northeastern Texas Panhandle. As the thunderstorm moved over the city of Follett (Lipscomb County) a trained storm spotter reported penny (0.75 inch) size hail. This thunderstorm would continue a southeastern track across the county.
June 2013Thunderstorm WindFollett-A thunderstorm that developed over western Beaver County during the evening hours of the 3rd took a southeast track into the northeastern Texas Panhandle. As the thunderstorm moved across the city of Follett (Lipscomb County) it produced an isolated downburst. A trained storm spotter reported shingles blown off the roof and portions of a wooden fence blown down one mile south-southeast of Follett (Lipscomb). This thunderstorm would continue a southeastern track across the county.
May 2002Tornado (F0)Follett-Tornado occurred over open country and no damage was reported. The tornado path length and width were estimated.
September 1995HailFollett-Thunderstorms generated high winds and hail to one inch in size. Winds were estimated at 60 to 70 mph by sheriff's and weather service employees. Damage was in line with these speeds. In Lipscomb county the porch was blown off a mobile home and another mobile home was moved from it's foundation, along with several trees blown down. In Amarillo several large trees were blown down on the west side of town. In Parmer county cars had windows blown out and numerous trees were down.
June 2012HailFollett-no account filed
May 2011HailFollett-no account filed
June 2011HailFollett-no account filed
September 2010HailFollett-no account filed
April 2009HailFollett-no account filed
May 2007HailFollett-no account filed
May 2007Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
September 2007HailFollett-no account filed
June 2006HailFollett-no account filed
June 2006HailFollett-no account filed
June 2006Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
April 2005HailFollett-no account filed
April 2005HailFollett-no account filed
May 2005Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
July 2005Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
July 2005HailFollett-no account filed
June 2005Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
April 2004HailFollett-no account filed
April 2004HailFollett-no account filed
April 2004HailFollett-no account filed
June 2004HailFollett-no account filed
June 2004HailFollett-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
June 2003Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
June 2003HailFollett-no account filed
May 2002HailFollett-no account filed
May 2002HailFollett-no account filed
May 2002HailFollett-no account filed
May 2002HailFollett-no account filed
May 2002HailFollett-no account filed
May 2002HailFollett-no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindFollett-no account filed
May 2001HailFollett-no account filed
February 2000HailFollett-no account filed
May 1999HailFollett-no account filed
May 1996HailFollett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Lipscomb 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
Sherlock4.4 miles6
Magoun7.0 miles6
Darrouzett9.8 miles6
Lipscomb15.4 miles6
Gaylord15.9 miles6
Twin Grove17.3 miles6
Booker21.0 miles6
Higgins22.5 miles6

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 FollettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q582752The 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 1357530. 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.