Wells, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the O'Donnell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79351. The Survey maps it on the Tahoka SW quadrangle.

Wells within Lynn County

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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.

1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
1969 USGS Tahoka SW quadrangle1:24000
1986 USGS Slaton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

1 since 2013

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Wells in 2013, burning about 1 acre in total. None 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	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
23 February 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BAR DITCH FIRE

Every fire recorded in Lynn 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
New Moore	5.9 miles	7
O'Donnell	6.2 miles	9
Skeen	7.7 miles	7
Tahoka	12.1 miles	8
West Point	12.1 miles	7
Draw	13.4 miles	7
Petty	18.3 miles	10
New Lynn	18.8 miles	7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034788. 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.