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Jarrell, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jarrell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76537. The Survey maps it on the Jarrell quadrangle. 1,753 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 869 feet above sea level.

Jarrell within Williamson County

Population over time

2 figures

Jarrell grew from 984 to 1,753 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
2010984
20201,753+769 (+78%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 12 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

42 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Jarrell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 915 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning12
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEARS RANCH CR 305
22 September 2006Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3940 CR 234
18 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service20750 HORN FROG
1 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service500 CR 314
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1100 CR 237
4 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 237
31 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJARRELL ASSIST ON 237

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Williamson 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 Jarrell: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone

Every working recorded in Williamson County

Storms near this place

31 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jarrell in 31 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 14 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 4 tornado. The reports record 27 deaths and 12 injuries. 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
May 1997Tornado (F5)Jarrell27 killed, 12 hurt, $40,000,000no account filed
March 2018Thunderstorm WindJarrell$25,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph that damaged the roof of Jarrell High School.
April 1998Thunderstorm WindJarrell$15,000no account filed
April 2020Thunderstorm WindJarrell$10,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that overturned a recreational vehicle and tore shingles off roofs in Jarrell.
June 1996Thunderstorm WindJarrell$5,000no account filed
April 2023HailJarrell-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail near Jarrell.
March 2018Thunderstorm WindJarrell-A thunderstorm produced a wind gust estimated at 60 mph in Jarrell.
May 2016Flash FloodJarrell-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding leading to a vehicle water rescue on CR305 just west of Jarrell.
May 2011HailJarrell-A thunderstorm produced hail from one half to one inch in diameter.
May 2011HailJarrell-A thunderstorm produced hail from one half to one inch in diameter.
September 2009Flash FloodJarrell-Local law enforcement officials reported that many roads in the Jarrell area remained flooded from earlier heavy rain.
September 2009Flash FloodJarrell-Heavy rain caused flooding which closed numerous roads in and around Jarrell including I35 in both directions.
September 2009Flash FloodJarrell-Heavy rain caused a creek to rise four feet in less than 30 minutes and necessitated a high water rescue from a house.
October 2009HailJarrell-Hail was reported along Interstate 35 at mile marker 275.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindJarrell-Trained spotter reported 65 mph winds at I-35 mile marker 275.
July 2007Flash FloodJarrell-Thunderstorms over Williamson and Travis Counties produced from 2 to 3 inches of rain on the morning of July 20, with up to 5 inches near Taylor. SH95, FM973, and FM112 were closed due to flash flooding.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindJarrell-from severe thunderstorms damaged roofs in Jarrell and blew an 18-wheeler off the road.
August 2005Flash FloodJarrell-Thunderstorms in the late evening period produced rainfall totals between 2 and 3 inches in the area of northeast Williamson County along the Bell County line between Jarrell and Bartlett. Flash flooding developed near midnight and ended in the early morning hours. Among the roads closed due to high water were FM487 and FM972.
November 2004Tornado (F0)Jarrell-Two experienced, Skywarn-trained Amateur Radio Operators observed and filmed a weak but rather large tornado near Jarrell. The tornado was estimated at nearly 400 yards wide and touched down in open country, it caused only minor damage to vegetation, suggesting that it was of generally low strength. From this information it was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale.
September 1995HailJarrell-Roofs were blown off houses as well as the main building of the High School in Hutto. Classes had to be cancelled for the following day. Several barns were flattened, trees were blown over and power lines were destroyed north of Hutto. A high school football game, already underway, was cancelled as the storm approached, and all persons evacuated into the school. This quick action no doubt prevented numerous injuries.
March 2014HailJarrell-no account filed
February 2013HailJarrell-no account filed
February 2013HailJarrell-no account filed
May 2006HailJarrell-no account filed
April 2005HailJarrell-no account filed
November 2004HailJarrell-no account filed
April 1998HailJarrell-no account filed
May 1998HailJarrell-no account filed
February 1998HailJarrell-no account filed
May 1997Tornado (F2)Jarrell-no account filed
May 1997Tornado (F2)Jarrell-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Williamson 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
Corn Hill1.4 miles12
Sonterra1.5 miles12
New Corn Hill3.9 miles12
Theon4.3 miles12
Schwertner4.8 miles12
Walburg6.2 miles17
Keelersville7.6 miles17
Berrys Creek8.1 miles20

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 JarrellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1011901The 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 1360159. 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.