Atwell, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Baird census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76437. The Survey maps it on the Putnam South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1931 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1932 USGS Baird quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Putnam South quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Atwell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 533 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 880 SOUTH AEP/GAS PLANT |
| 5 August 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 153 |
| 27 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 137 |
| 26 August 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SNELL |
| 22 August 2009 | Natural | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN ESTES RANCH |
| 2 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1864 CALLAHAN |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANCHEZ |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 Atwell: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ramsey-1 | Copper | Occurrence | 1973 |
Storms near this place
3 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atwell in 3 storm reports between 1993 and 2014: 3 hail. 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 2014 | Hail | Atwell | - | no account filed |
| October 2013 | Hail | Atwell | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Atwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cottonwood | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Putnam | 8.2 miles | 9 | |
| Admiral | 9.0 miles | 9 | |
| Cross Plains | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Rowden | 11.8 miles | 9 | |
| Belle Plain | 12.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jayell | 13.2 miles | 8 | |
| Pueblo | 16.4 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377960. 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.
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.





