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Premont, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Premont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78375. The Survey maps it on the Premont East quadrangle. 2,455 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 161 feet above sea level.

Premont within Jim Wells County

Population over time

3 figures

Premont fell from 2,772 to 2,455 between 2000 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
20002,772
20102,653-119 (-4%)
20202,455-198 (-7%)

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

28 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Premont between 2008 and 2011, burning about 6,242 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking1

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
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSEELINGSON RANCH
21 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEEKS RANCH
19 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEMEDE GARICA
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 431 & CR 427
20 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMRS VARGAS' HOUSE
16 August 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMR GARCIA'S HAY TRAILOR
15 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6757 HWY.281 FIRE.
29 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePREMONT MUTUAL AID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jim Wells County

Storms near this place

26 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Premont in 26 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 9 flash flood, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 hail, 2 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
September 2018Flash FloodPremont$250,000Multiple videos showed street flooding near Premont via the Snapchat map. The flooding affected 25 homes in the Premont area.
May 2014Tornado (EF1)Premont$250,000An EF0 tornado touched down in the city of Premont near the intersection of Northwest 3rd Street and South Cora Street. The tornado traveled south and briefly produced EF1 damage near Southeast 5th Street and Southern Bernice Street. Partial roof damage was observed to a few homes, numerous large tree limbs were snapped, and one tree was completely uprooted. The tornado continues south of the Premont city limits and regained EF1 status near the intersection of Highway 281 and East County Road 401. Numerous power poles were snapped at their mid-point and several poles were leaning in a southerly direction.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindPremont$40,000An NWS storm survey observed evidence of straight line wind damage in extreme southwest Jim Wells county, in and near Premont. A large empty grain silo was destroyed near CR 428 and CR 716 and lying in a southeast direction across the roadway. Power poles were knocked down and large limbs snapped off trees along CR 716 just west of Premont. Five homes along CR 716 were also observed to have minor window and roof damage. On garage was completly destoyed, with the debris blown downwind to the southeast. Large limbs of trees were also snapped in Premont. Winds were estimated between 70 and 90 mph.
May 2016Flash FloodPremont$25,000Water reached homes in Premont.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindPremont$10,000Trees and power lines were blown down on 6th Street in Premont.
April 2012HailPremont$5,000Quarter sized hail was reported just north of Premont.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindPremont-A 59 mph gust was measured by an automated station.
June 2018Flash FloodPremont-Observer recorded 11 inches of rain. The heavy rainfall produced significant flooding of roads to the southwest of Premont.
June 2018Flash FloodPremont-Officials closed many roads in Premont due to flooding.
May 2014Thunderstorm WindPremont-Law enforcement reported a tree in the road on Farm to Market Road 716 west of Premont.
May 2010Flash FloodPremont-Between 3 and 5 inches of rain fell with 2 hours producing flash flooding in Premont. Flowing water with depths of 6 to 18 inches was reported on many streets. Cars were stalled at U.S. 281 and 3rd Street.
April 2010Flash FloodPremont-Water was reported flowing into the City Hall in Premont. Portions of FM 716 and CR 428, just west of Premont, were impassable due to high water. Several city streets in Premont were also flooded.
July 2005Tornado (F0)Premont-This tornado formed in the outer rainbands of Hurricane Emily, 2 miles west of Premont, on CR-420, and tracked west for 6 miles, producing sporadic damage along CR-420. The tornado continued west into Duval County for roughly another 1/2 to 1 mile. While in Jim Wells County the tornado produced F0 damage, including minor damage to a mobile home, and numerous trees and fences snapped and broken.
October 2005Thunderstorm WindPremont-18 wheeler was flipped on its side on U.S. 281 just south of Premont.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindPremont-Roof blown off building at the county yard.
May 2000Flash FloodPremont-Heavy rain caused the closure of several county roads in and around Premont.
May 2000Flash FloodPremont-Local law enforcement officials closed County Roads 417, 425, and 428, due to heavy rainfall.
February 1998HailPremont-Police Department report of dime sized hail.
February 1998Flash FloodPremont-Numerous reports of flooded roadways due to heavy rainfall.
April 1995HailPremont-The sheriff's department reported hail.
March 1993HailPremont-Dime- to golfball-size hail was reported by the public and the Department of Public Safety in Premont.
May 2006HailPremont-no account filed
May 2002HailPremont-no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindPremont-no account filed
May 1999Thunderstorm WindPremont-no account filed
February 1998HailPremont-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jim Wells 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
Seeligson3.4 miles8
La Gloria5.5 miles7
Ella7.9 miles8
Palito Blanco16.3 miles7
Ben Bolt19.9 miles7
English Acres Colonia24.1 miles7
Coyote Acres24.3 miles7
Torian24.6 miles7

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 PremontAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q979711The 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 1344536. 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.