BlockWheeless, Oklahoma
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Boise City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 73933. The Survey maps it on the Wheeless quadrangle. It stands 4,675 feet above sea level.
On record in Wheeless
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Camp NicholsNational Historic Landmark · listed 1966
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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 Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Dalhart quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wheeless quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Boise City quadrangle1:100000
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wheeless: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
20 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheeless in 20 storm reports between 2003 and 2024: 14 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Wheeless | $45,000 | The tornado remained over open country. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeless | $8,000 | A trained spotter estimated thunderstorm wind gusts in excess of sixty-one knots which downed trees and power lines. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeless | - | Some trees were blown over from thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wheeless | - | Multiple reports of hail between 1 and 1.75 in diameter were received from 6 miles east of Wheeless to 10 miles NNE of Felt. A trained spotter did report hail accumulating up to 3 deep 10 NNE of Felt. |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wheeless | - | Mping report. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Wheeless | - | Quarter size hail fell 5 miles west of Wheeless. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Wheeless | - | Half dollar size hail was reported 3 miles west of Wheeless. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wheeless | - | Severe thunderstorm winds caused tree limb damage 16 miles west of Boise City. |
| June 2013 | Heavy Rain | Wheeless | - | A discrete thunderstorm that moved out of northeastern New Mexico and into the western Oklahoma Panhandle. A trained spotter 2 miles west of Wheeless (Cimarron County) reported 1.10 inches of heavy rain in one hour as the thunderstorm moved overhead.This thunderstorm quickly moved into the northwestern Texas Panhandle. No flooding issues were reported in association with this heavy rain. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Wheeless | - | The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported golf ball to tennis ball size hail on Oklahoma State Highway 325. |
| August 2024 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| July 2019 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| August 2019 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| June 2018 | Funnel Cloud | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| May 2018 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| April 2012 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| April 2009 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wheeless | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Wheeless | - | 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.
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 Wheeless | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3476459 | 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 1100935. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.