Walker Village, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Fort Cavazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76544. It lies near Castle Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Post Oak Mountain quadrangle.
On record in Walker Village
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Killeen Downtown Historic Districtlisted 2014 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 17 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1930 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1947 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500
- 1947 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Killeen quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1994 USGS Post Oak Mountain quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
721 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 721 fires within 5 miles of Walker Village between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,394 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 23 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 | 554 |
| Smoking | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 503 N 38TH ST |
| 8 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 403 CARLEY DR |
| 8 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON TRIMMIER RD @ E CENTRAL TX EXPY |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1106 RIDGEWAY DR. |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON E STAN SCHLUETER LOOP AT CUNNINGHAM RD |
| 6 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON REGENCY DR AT E STAN SCHLUETER LOOP |
| 6 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ON WALES DR AT WILLOW SPRINGS RD |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Walker Village: 2 producers. All of them still produce. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen Wash Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Sadler Washer & Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Killeen | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| McNair Village | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Chaffee Village | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Lone Star | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Harker Heights | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Brookhaven | 6.0 miles | 17 | |
| Curry Crossing | 6.5 miles | 17 | |
| Nolanville | 7.4 miles | 19 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594478 | 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 1370768. 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.









