Weldon, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Lovelady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75851. It stands on Cemetery Branch. The Survey maps it on the Weldon quadrangle. It stands 249 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Weldon quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Weldon between 1993 and 2018, burning about 1,426 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 1 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 | 17 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Fireworks | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7112 |
| 28 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 188 |
| 22 August 2018 | Natural | 432 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALKER WEST |
| 22 August 1997 | Natural | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HOUSTON 18:43 |
| 15 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 713 |
| 13 August 2009 | Natural | 25 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 220 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Weldon in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | $65,000 | Trees were down on houses and roofs were blown off some buildings (tractor sheds). |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | A member of the public reported tree branches down, blocking roads near Weldon. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Weldon | - | Broadcast media reported structure damage along FM 230 in Houston county. |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Weldon | - | A funnel cloud was sighted from Eastham Prison to near Weldon. A brief tornado touchdown was observed by a prison employee with swirling dirt below the funnel cloud. There was no damage. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sorghumville | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Antioch (historical) | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Vistula | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sand Ridge | 8.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pearsons Chapel | 9.1 miles | 9 | |
| Mapleton | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Lovelady | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Austonio | 11.9 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 Weldon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7980883 | 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 1371008. 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.




