Wall, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. The Survey maps it on the Wall quadrangle. It stands 1,867 feet above sea level.

Wall within Tom Green County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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.

1892 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
1928 USGS Wall quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1957 USGS Wall quadrangle1:62500
1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
1984 USGS Wall quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

48 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Wall between 2005 and 2015, burning about 300 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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
Debris and open burning	15
Arson/incendiarism	10
Equipment and vehicle use	10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Smoking	4
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
30 September 2008	Arson/incendiarism	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
1 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
31 August 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
30 August 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
3 August 2015	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	ROBBY JONES
24 August 2010	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	12469 U.S. 87 SOUTH
22 August 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	5632 F M 1223
13 August 2006	Smoking	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tom Green County

Storms near this place

60 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wall in 98 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 50 thunderstorm wind, 41 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 1996	Tornado (F1)	Wall	$1,000,000	no account filed
May 2005	Hail	Wall	$20,000	The hail shaft with the supercell thunderstorm was producing damaging hail near the Wall community.
March 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	$10,000	An 18 wheeler was blown off the road and was damaged.
May 1995	Hail	Wall	$10,000	no account filed
March 2007	Lightning	Wall	$8,000	Lightning struck a house off of loop 306 near San Angelo and started a fire.
June 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	$500	Large tree limbs were broken by the high winds.
March 2025	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Tom Green County Sherriff reported that power lines were down along Wood Road, between Susan Peak Road and US Highway 87.
May 2024	Hail	Wall	-	A trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2024	Hail	Wall	-	Law Enforcement reported baseball size hail in Wall.
May 2024	Hail	Wall	-	Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A mesonet observation station measured a 60 mph wind gust.
May 2024	Hail	Wall	-	Law Enforcement reported tennis ball size hail 2 miles west-northwest of Wall.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	Public reported there were many large tree branches snapped. Also, there was damage to a carport.
June 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	Trained spotter reported 61 mph wind gust.
June 2023	Hail	Wall	-	Trained spotter reported quarter size hail.
August 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A playground was blown off its foundation.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A West Texas Mesonet site 2 miles east of Wall measured a 58 mph wind gust.
June 2021	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The West Texas Mesonet site reported a wind gust of 66 mph.
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The public reported 2.5 inch tree limbs broken.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A trained spotter reported limbs down.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A trained spotter reported a roof ripped off of a barn.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A COOP observer reported roofs torn off buildings and power poles leaning over near the U.S. Highway 87 and FM 2334 area.
June 2019	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Wall West Texas Mesonet measured a wind gust of 82 mph. The wind caused damage to six irrigation pivots, which were flipped over by damaging thunderstorm winds near the Wall West Texas Mesonet site.
March 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Wall Mesonet station measured a wind gust of 70 mph.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A center pivot for irrigation was lost to the damaging thunderstorm winds.
May 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Wall Mesonet measured a wind gust of 60 mph.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The San Angelo ASOS located at Mathis Field recorded a 78 mph wind gust.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The West Texas Mesonet located at Wall measured a 67 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet at Wall measured a thunderstorm wind gust of 63 mph.
June 2017	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The San Angelo ASOS recorded a 78 mph wind at Mathis Field in San Angelo.
April 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A trained spotter reported a wind gust of 60 mph about 3.6 miles northeast of Wall.
May 2016	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The West Texas Mesonet measured a 53 knot wind gust from a severe thunderstorm.
April 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A trained spotter estimated a 70 mph wind gust 3 miles northeast of Wall.
May 2015	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Texas Tech West Texas Mesonet located about 1.8 miles east of Wall reported a wind gust of 68 mph. The strong winds and heavy rain resulted in such low visibilities that traffic crawled to a stop on U.S. Highway 87 near Wall.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Texas Tech Mesonet Station near Sterling City measured a wind gust of 64 mph.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer estimated a 75 mph wind gust.
June 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The damaging thunderstorm winds peeled back a metal roof, blew insulation into nearby fields and knocked down numerous tree limbs.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Wall Mesonet reported a wind gust to 61 mph.
April 2013	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported a 60 MPH wind gust.
October 2013	Flood	Wall	-	Very heavy rain of 5 to 6 inches fell over a short time and flooded many roads in the town of Wall.
October 2013	Heavy Rain	Wall	-	A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer measured 5.30 inches of rain since 7 AM. The heavy rain resulted in widespread flooding throughout the town of Wall.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	Three tractor trailers were overturned by damaging thunderstorm winds. Various farm equipment were also overturned.
May 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The fire department reported a home lost its roof, while another home had roof damage. A grove of mesquite trees along Farm to Market Road 765 were damaged and had broken limbs. Power poles and a power line were also downed by the high the winds. Some of the corrugated thin metal sheets were wrapped around some tree trunks along with damage to the grove of mesquite trees. Some debris was observed about 75 to 100 yards northeast of the ranch home.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A National Weather Service employee reported a 60 mph wind gust in Wall.
August 2012	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A National Weather Service employee reported a 60 mph wind gust in Wall.
November 2011	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The Texas Tech Mesonet Station located in Wall Texas reported this wind gust.
May 2011	Hail	Wall	-	KLST TV relayed a report of pea to nickel size hail covering ground.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The public reported that two houses lost their roofs and a barn was destroyed near Wall.
May 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	The West Texas Mesonet instrument tower located near Wall measured 61 mph.
July 2007	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	A national weather service rainfall observer located 2 miles northeast of wall estimated winds at around 60 mph. The high winds from the thunderstorm downed several tree limbs. The storm ended at around 655 pm and it produced 1.9 inches of rain in about 20 minutes.
August 2006	Flash Flood	Wall	-	Local law enforcement officials reported water over the road near the intersection of FM 1223 and U.S. Highway 87.
April 2005	Tornado (F0)	Wall	-	Landspout tornado developed just to the the northeast of the Wall community. This tornado was confirmed through video and remained in open fields.
September 2004	Hail	Wall	-	Although hail up to golf ball size occured, the hail was so soft that it did not produce damage.
April 2001	Hail	Wall	-	Hail up to the size of baseballs was reported near Wall.
June 1994	Hail	Wall	-	The Sterling County Sheriff's Office reported golf ball-size hail near Sterling City. A rainfall observer reported golf ball-size hail just south of Lomax. An amateur radio spotter reported dime-size hail in Wall.
March 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	no account filed
May 2022	Hail	Wall	-	no account filed
March 2022	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	no account filed
May 2020	Hail	Wall	-	no account filed
May 2020	Thunderstorm Wind	Wall	-	no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tom Green 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Sixmile Crossing	6.8 miles	13
Vancourt	7.2 miles	11
Veribest	7.5 miles	13
S N Junction	8.9 miles	17
San Angelo	9.2 miles	17
Alvery Junction	9.4 miles	17
Byrne	9.8 miles	14
Mereta	10.5 miles	11

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 Wall	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q3477775	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 1370774. 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.