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Jewett, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Buffalo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75846. It stands on Sand Branch. The Survey maps it on the Jewett quadrangle. 793 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 492 feet above sea level.

Jewett within Leon County

Population over time

2 figures

Jewett fell from 1,167 to 793 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
20101,167
2020793-374 (-32%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

13 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Jewett between 2002 and 2015, burning about 311 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 use4
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Missing data/not specified/undetermined1
Natural1

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
7 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 346
26 September 2011Natural4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 581 FIRE
26 September 2002Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 156
31 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest Service254
28 June 2013Equipment and vehicle use45 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4011
18 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service164 & 39
14 March 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONTROL BURN LCR 850 & LCR 846
17 February 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 39

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Leon County

Storms near this place

27 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Jewett in 27 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 13 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
July 2007Flash FloodJewett$350,000High water damaged FM 1146 and CR 339. FM 1146 was completely washed out just past Mill Creek Road, and the culverts on CR 339 were washed out and had to be replaced. The repairs for FM 1146 cost $223,357.
May 2025Tornado (EF1)Jewett$100,000An EF-1 tornado touched down west of Jewett near CR 336 and Division Street, and moved east-southeast through the town before traveling east several miles outside of town. In Jewett, several trees were damaged or blown down and some homes suffered roof and minor exterior damage on Harrison Street, Dashiel Street, and Broadway Street. The worst damage occurred along Hwy 79 where an auto repair shop lost its roof, and east of Hwy 79 where many trees were snapped and uprooted near Robinson Lane. This area was rated EF-1 with 105 mph max winds. Visually, tree damage could be seen extending east of Robinson Lane, but the area was inaccessible to the survey team. However, satellite imagery provided additional information to extend the track farther east of town.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindJewett$60,000Strong winds damaged the high school and houses, and blew down trees.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindJewett$10,000Amateur radio reported that several 40 plus feet tall pine trees were blown over, and the front wall of a double-wide wide was torn from the structure off County Road 431.
October 2013Thunderstorm WindJewett$5,000Thunderstorm winds knocked down trees on Blackjack Street in Jewett.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindJewett$3,000Sixty MPH winds were estimated in Jewett.
May 2005Thunderstorm WindJewett$3,000Power lines blown down.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindJewett$500A couple of trees were knocked down in Jewett.
May 1999Thunderstorm WindJewett$200Thunderstorm winds blew down trees and power lines.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindJewett-On the south end of Jewett, outside the tornado track, large tree limbs were broken and some trees were uprooted.
December 2015Flash FloodJewett-Roads were closed in Jewett due to flood waters.
May 2011HailJewett-Quarter sized hail fell on Highway 79, approximately halfway between Jewett and Buffalo.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindJewett-Trees were down near Jewett.
May 2005HailJewett-Golf ball size hail fell.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindJewett-Trees were blown down by high winds.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindJewett-Large tree limbs were blown down.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindJewett-Large tree limbs were blown down by high winds.
December 2001Flash FloodJewett-Highway 9 at Jewett was covered with high water.
May 2024HailJewett-no account filed
April 2016HailJewett-no account filed
April 2011HailJewett-no account filed
March 2000HailJewett-no account filed
September 2000Thunderstorm WindJewett-no account filed
January 1999HailJewett-no account filed
January 1999HailJewett-no account filed
December 1997HailJewett-no account filed
April 1995HailJewett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Leon 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
Newby1.8 miles8
North Salem4.9 miles8
Friendship5.0 miles8
Concord7.2 miles8
Robbins7.4 miles8
South Salem7.5 miles8
Corinth7.5 miles8
Long Hollow8.0 miles8

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 JewettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979110The 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 1360250. 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.