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Wellborn, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the South Brazos census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77845. The Survey maps it on the Wellborn quadrangle. It stands 325 feet above sea level.

Wellborn within Brazos County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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.

Photographs

2 photographs,

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Harrington-Upham House, Corn Crib, FM 2154 (Wellborn Road), Millican, Brazos County, TX
Harrington-Upham House, Corn Crib, FM 2154 (Wellborn Road), Millican, Brazos County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Harrington-Upham House, FM 2154 (Wellborn Road), Millican, Brazos County, TX
Harrington-Upham House, FM 2154 (Wellborn Road), Millican, Brazos County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

291 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 291 fires within 5 miles of Wellborn between 1992 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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/undetermined110
Debris and open burning79
Equipment and vehicle use46
Smoking21
Power generation/transmission/distribution17
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Railroad operations and maintenance1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSCHEHIN FIRE
8 September 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARGRAVES FIRE
8 September 2017Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-6258 GREENS PRAIRIE FIRE
8 September 2015Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-5694 BOSWELL FIRE
7 September 2016Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service16-5882 TRAILER FIRE
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-5661 SANDSTONE FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0004464 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT
5 September 2014Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-0005468 ARRINGTON FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazos County

Storms near this place

19 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellborn in 19 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 8 hail, 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
July 2009HailWellborn$10,000Severe thunderstorm produced hail of baseball size.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindWellborn$10,000A severe thunderstorm downed numerous trees in and around the community of Wellborn. An NWS survey team estimated the winds at 85 to 90 MPH.
January 2020Thunderstorm WindWellborn$6,000There was damage to power poles and also some three-inch tree limbs.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWellborn$5,000Large tree limbs were broken and roof shingles were blown off by thunderstorm wind gusts.
May 2011LightningWellborn$5,000Lightning started a small fire at a home.
January 1998HailWellborn$5,000no account filed
January 2020Thunderstorm WindWellborn$4,000Power lines were downed near the intersection of William D. Fitch Parkway and Highway 6.
June 1998HailWellborn$3,000Hail along FM 2154.
May 2025Flash FloodWellborn-A member of the public reported flash flooding with water inundating Greens Prairie Road at Royder Road just south of College Station.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Large trees were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts across Koppe Bridge Rd near Wellborn.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWellborn-Strong thunderstorm wind gusts downed a gas station awning as well as several trees in the College Station area.
June 2023HailWellborn-Quarter sized hail was reported near Parkland Drive.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWellborn-A light pole was blown down on Carlisle Court.
April 2020HailWellborn-Quarter sized hail was reported.
April 2020HailWellborn-There was quarter size hail near College Station High School.
April 2020HailWellborn-Quarter size hail was reported near Cardinal Lane.
March 2018HailWellborn-Nickel to quarter sized hail was observed.
April 2015Funnel CloudWellborn-Two funnel clouds were sighted.
September 2013Flash FloodWellborn-Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Wellborn at the intersection of Greens Prairie Road and Royder Road.

Every storm recorded in Brazos 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Wicker0.5 miles10
Royder0.5 miles10
Enright2.0 miles10
Koppe2.9 miles10
Spear4.9 miles10
Peach Creek5.7 miles9
College Station6.6 miles11
Millican7.0 miles14

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 WellbornAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7981186The 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 1371029. 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.