The population was 5,586 at the 2000 census and 5,764 at the 2010 census. Sweetwater is the home of the Craighead Caverns which contains the Lost Sea, the United States' largest underground lake.
2011, The HOTTEST Year for Texas. Tweet. For most of Texas, 2011 is now the hottest year on record while city after city shatter records of 100 degree days. Texas is in a severe drought, only averaging about 1 inch of rain during July, and in many areas things are becoming desperate.
Texas officials also argue that dangerously hot weather is rare. In the summer of 2011, Webb was one of 10 prisoners who died during a prolonged heat wave, which one study found was 20 percent driven by climate change. In a lawsuit, the state called that âan extremely unusual and unexpected heat event which is likely not to be repeated.â