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Jean, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Jean-Loving census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76374. The Survey maps it on the Loving quadrangle.

Jean within Young County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

88 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of Jean between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,337 acres in total. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Debris and open burning10
Natural3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Fireworks1

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
29 September 2010Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROGERS RD
25 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceORR LEASE
22 September 2011Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceORR
13 September 2011Natural100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFARMER FIRE
9 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2008Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2008Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service960 OLNEY RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Young County

Storms near this place

13 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jean in 13 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 10 hail, 2 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2025HailJean$14,000Broadcast media reported golf ball, tennis ball, and larger than baseball hail SE of Olney.
June 2011HailJean$6,000Golfball sized hail was reported on Highway 114 between Olney and Loving.
June 2012HailJean$4,000no account filed
May 2015Tornado (EF0)Jean-A trained spotter observed a tornado northwest of Loving. The tornado occurred in open fields, and produced little to no damage.
May 2012HailJean-Quarter sized hail was reported 3 miles west of Red Top.
April 2004HailJean-Windows were broken by golf ball size hail between Jean and Loving.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Jean-A brief tornado was reported. No damage or injuries.
May 2000HailJean-Windows were broken by large hail in Jean.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindJean-no account filed
May 2001HailJean-no account filed
May 2000HailJean-no account filed
May 1998HailJean-no account filed
April 1996HailJean-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Young 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
Farmer4.8 miles8
Red Top5.5 miles10
Loving6.0 miles8
True6.1 miles8
Olney8.9 miles8
Newcastle9.6 miles10
Markley9.9 miles8
Belknap (historical)12.0 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1360190. 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.