Western Lake, Texas
20 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76087. It stands on Hart Branch. The Survey maps it on the Tin Top quadrangle. 1,762 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresWestern Lake grew from 1,525 to 1,762 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 | 1,525 | |
| 2020 | 1,762 | +237 (+16%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 20 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1924 USGS Weatherford 3-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Dennis quadrangle1:62500
- 1959 USGS Tin Top quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
122 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 122 fires within 5 miles of Western Lake between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,391 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 57 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 WESTERN LAKE DRIVE |
| 8 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARMONY ROAD FIRE |
| 18 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 640 WILD FLOWER TRAIL |
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 Western Lake: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weatherford Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tin Top | 1.8 miles | 20 | |
| Powell Crossing | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Harmony | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Bethel | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Buckner | 5.3 miles | 18 | |
| Baker | 5.4 miles | 17 | |
| Dennis | 6.1 miles | 18 | |
| Maxwell Crossing | 6.7 miles | 18 |
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 Western Lake | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6166983 | 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 2033799. 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.








