Wellman, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brownfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79378. The Survey maps it on the Wellman quadrangle. 230 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 3,350 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWellman grew from 203 to 230 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 203 | |
| 2020 | 230 | +27 (+13%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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 Brownfield quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Wellman quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Brownfield quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Wellman between 2006 and 2014, burning about 1,010 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 140 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PICKUP & CRP |
| 18 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 September 2014 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 385 & 303 |
| 17 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2 MI S ON 385 |
| 13 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 300 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 May 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TONY'S CRP |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wellman: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kennedy Pit | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer |
Storms near this place
33 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wellman in 33 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 25 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 heavy rain. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellman | $200,000 | A cluster of severe storms produced a swath of damaging winds along the U.S. Highway 62/385 corridor from near Wellman to Brownfield around 18:00 CST. Initial reports of damages were received from the Wellman vicinity, where the roof was blown off of an agricultural station shortly before 18:00 CST. As the winds spread northeastward, the Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet site south of Brownfield measured a peak gust of 82 mph. The roof was partially blown off of a medical clinic in downtown Brownfield, and a large metal storage facility collapsed in the winds just east of the city. No injuries were reported. |
| May 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellman | $100,000 | A swath of damaging thunderstorm winds affected portions of southern Terry County shortly after 19:00 CST. Three mobile homes were severely damaged east of Wellman. the homes sustained significant roof damage, with the roof completely removed from one structure. Several utility poles were additionally downed by the winds from just east of Wellman to ten miles east of Wellman. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wellman | $50,000 | Golfball size hail broke the skylights out of a house. Hail was reported to be nine inches deep on the ground. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wellman | $50,000 | Golfball size hail was reported in town by the Wellman PD. |
| May 2000 | Hail | Wellman | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wellman | $35,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wellman | $25,000 | The Terry County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| May 2015 | Flood | Wellman | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellman | $5,000 | Thunderstorm wind gusts of 60 to 70 mph were estimated at the cotton gin. Power lines and large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 2024 | Hail | Wellman | - | Motorists traveling on US Highway 385/62 reported golf ball size hail between Wellman and Seagraves. |
| June 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellman | - | Motorists traveling along US Highway 385/62 between Wellman and Seagraves reported estimated wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wellman | - | The Southwest Cotton Growers in Wellman reported quarter size hail that lasted for ten minutes. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wellman | - | Numerous reports were received of a swath of hail from southwestern Terry County along US Highway 62/385 approximately eight miles southwest of Wellman to approximately four miles east-southeast of Wellman along Farm to Market Road 213. Hail stones ranged in size from ping pong ball size up to tennis ball size. No damage was reported. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wellman | - | The public reported an estimated wind gust to 60 mph with near zero visibility within blowing dust. No damage was reported. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Wellman | - | The public reported quarter size hail in Wellman. Sporadic and light damage to approximately 2,000 acres of cotton crops was reported. |
| June 2010 | Hail | Wellman | - | The public reported quarter size hail along Farm to Market Road 403 east of Wellman. |
| July 2010 | Heavy Rain | Wellman | - | Scattered showers and thunderstorms initially began to produce rainfall around midday on the 1st. This activity gradually evolved toward heavy tropical downpours, especially during the evening hours of the 3rd through the morning hours of the 4th. ||Reported storm total rainfall measurements across Terry County included: 13.50 inches west of Needmore, 9.20 inches southeast of Brownfield, and 7.83 inches in Brownfield. |
| May 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Wellman | - | A research meteorologist documented a short-lived and weak tornado over open country north of Wellman around 17:45 CST. The tornado appeared to have developed as a supercell thunderstorm interacted with a previously existing outflow boundary. Local officials reported no damage in the area. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Wellman | - | Severe thunderstorms produced an intermittent swath of large hail over portions of Terry County for nearly an hour during the late afternoon and early evening of the 27th. Golf ball size hail was initially reported along U.S. 62/385 near the Gaines and Terry County line at 16:42 CST. By 17:22 CST, hail up to the size of nickels was reported northwest of Brownfield. Nickel size hail continued to accompany the storm northeastward to near Meadow by 17:39 CST. |
| September 2006 | Hail | Wellman | - | A local broadcast media storm chaser reported three-quarter inch diameter hail along a one half-mile stretch of Farm to Market Road 213 west of Wellman. |
| October 2003 | Hail | Wellman | - | The Terry County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| October 2000 | Hail | Wellman | - | Hail up to dime size covered the ground. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| September 2003 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| April 2001 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
| June 1995 | Hail | Wellman | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Wellman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q978080 | 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 1349638. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




