Jamestown, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Newton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75966. It lies near Lewis Gully. The Survey maps it on the Jamestown quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Roganville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Jamestown quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
181 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 181 fires within 5 miles of Jamestown between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,104 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 60 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 60 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 686 |
| 5 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 96 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jamestown in 5 storm reports between 2004 and 2024: 2 tornado, 2 flash flood, 1 flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2020 | Tornado (EF2) | Jamestown | $75,000 | The tornado removed the roof from a mobile home, otherwise trees along its path were damaged or snapped. The tornado debarked trees at times. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Jamestown | $25,000 | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Flood | Jamestown | $1,000 | Heavy rain that fell across portions of Southwest Louisiana and Southeast Texas during the 20th and 21st slowly drained from the region over several days. A seven foot sink hole opened in the Bon Weir area on Highway 4081, and Highway 87 and FM 363 were also closed for a time due to high water. Schools were closed in the county during the 21st due to high water blocking bus routes. |
| April 2024 | Flash Flood | Jamestown | - | Highways 87 and 190 and FM 1414 closed in Newton due to high water. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Jamestown | - | Heavy rain moved into Newton County during the morning of the 31st with flooding first reported at 9:17 AM with water covering Farm to Market 1004 near Call. Numerous other roads were flooded during the morning and early afternoon with some becoming impassable. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farrsville | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Mattox | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Newton | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Quicksand | 6.6 miles | 9 | |
| Trotti | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Shankleville | 7.1 miles | 9 | |
| Wiergate | 8.2 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360148. 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.




