Wehdem, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Bellville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. The Survey maps it on the Welcome quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Welcome quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
46 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Wehdem between 2006 and 2020, burning about 202 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 30 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3671 FM 109 |
| 24 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALEM RD |
| 8 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 14 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ GLAZEAR |
| 12 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 290/ NICHOLSON LAKE RD |
| 30 July 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELLVILLE/ NORTH HWY 36 |
| 3 July 2012 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEISS RD |
| 26 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 332 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wehdem in 2 storm reports between 2007 and 2020: 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wehdem | $3,000 | Measured wind gust caused some damage. |
| January 2007 | Flash Flood | Wehdem | - | Flooding occurred between Wehdam and Cat Spring and also extended westward towards Industry. The following roads were closed due to flooding: FM 109 at Williams Creek and FM 497 at SH 36 in Kenney. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Wehdem | 2.2 miles | 10 | |
| Kenney | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Bleiblerville | 5.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sempronius (historical) | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Welcome | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Nelsonville | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Industry | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| New Bremen | 10.2 miles | 10 |
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 Wehdem | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110664456 | 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 1379250. 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.




