Jermyn, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bryson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76459. It lies near Spie Knob. The Survey maps it on the Markley quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 1,168 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Markley quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
102 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 102 fires within 5 miles of Jermyn between 2005 and 2019, burning about 9,388 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 2 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 use | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 23 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| 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 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURDICK |
| 3 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YODER FIRE |
| 5 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 115 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOLF FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jermyn in 18 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 14 hail, 4 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Jermyn | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Jermyn | $50,000 | Emergency management reported baseball sized hail 8 miles west-northwest of the city of Jacksboro, TX. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jermyn | $50,000 | Wind damage to trees and power lines was reported by the Channel 3 TV Station in Wichita Falls. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Jermyn | $20,000 | Hail was estimated at 2 to 2.25 inches in Jermyn. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Jermyn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jermyn | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew down small trees and several tree limbs in Jermyn. |
| August 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jermyn | $1,000 | Roof damage to a barn in the Antelope community. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Jermyn | - | A social media report indicated half-dollar sized hail in the city of Jermyn. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Jermyn | - | Penny sized hail was reported half an inch deep in Jermyn. |
| May 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Jermyn | - | Spotter estimated 60 MPH winds near Jermyn. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Jermyn | - | Occurred 3 miles south of Antelope. |
| April 2002 | Hail | Jermyn | - | Windows were broken by golfball size hail. |
| August 1994 | Hail | Jermyn | - | Wind damage to trees and power lines was reported by the Channel 3 TV Station in Wichita Falls. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Jermyn | - | no account filed |
| June 2014 | Hail | Jermyn | - | no account filed |
| June 2012 | Hail | Jermyn | - | no account filed |
| August 2005 | Hail | Jermyn | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Jermyn | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bryson | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Bob Town | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| Lynn Creek | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Senate | 8.0 miles | 8 | |
| Oakland | 11.9 miles | 9 | |
| Antelope | 12.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jacksboro | 12.6 miles | 9 | |
| Bartons Chapel | 16.0 miles | 8 |
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 Jermyn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6182408 | The 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 1360225. 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.



