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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Wellborn quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1993 USGS Bryan quadrangle1:100000
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.
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fires near this place
291 since 1992Regional 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/undetermined | 110 |
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 46 |
| Smoking | 21 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SCHEHIN FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARGRAVES FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-6258 GREENS PRAIRIE FIRE |
| 8 September 2015 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5694 BOSWELL FIRE |
| 7 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-5882 TRAILER FIRE |
| 7 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-5661 SANDSTONE FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0004464 HARVEY MITCHELL HOT SPOT |
| 5 September 2014 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0005468 ARRINGTON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1998Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2009 | Hail | Wellborn | $10,000 | Severe thunderstorm produced hail of baseball size. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $10,000 | A 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 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $6,000 | There was damage to power poles and also some three-inch tree limbs. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $5,000 | Large tree limbs were broken and roof shingles were blown off by thunderstorm wind gusts. |
| May 2011 | Lightning | Wellborn | $5,000 | Lightning started a small fire at a home. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Wellborn | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | $4,000 | Power lines were downed near the intersection of William D. Fitch Parkway and Highway 6. |
| June 1998 | Hail | Wellborn | $3,000 | Hail along FM 2154. |
| May 2025 | Flash Flood | Wellborn | - | A member of the public reported flash flooding with water inundating Greens Prairie Road at Royder Road just south of College Station. |
| April 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Large trees were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts across Koppe Bridge Rd near Wellborn. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | Strong thunderstorm wind gusts downed a gas station awning as well as several trees in the College Station area. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wellborn | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Parkland Drive. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellborn | - | A light pole was blown down on Carlisle Court. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Wellborn | - | Quarter sized hail was reported. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Wellborn | - | There was quarter size hail near College Station High School. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Wellborn | - | Quarter size hail was reported near Cardinal Lane. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Wellborn | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail was observed. |
| April 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Wellborn | - | Two funnel clouds were sighted. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Wellborn | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Wellborn at the intersection of Greens Prairie Road and Royder Road. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wicker | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Royder | 0.5 miles | 10 | |
| Enright | 2.0 miles | 10 | |
| Koppe | 2.9 miles | 10 | |
| Spear | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Peach Creek | 5.7 miles | 9 | |
| College Station | 6.6 miles | 11 | |
| Millican | 7.0 miles | 14 |
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 Wellborn | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7981186 | 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 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.



