Westhoff, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westhoff-Arneckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77994. The Survey maps it on the Westhoff quadrangle. It stands 262 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Westhoff quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Westhoff between 2006 and 2020, burning about 496 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10212 FM 1681 |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENNETH SCHOENFIELD |
| 26 June 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 June 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Westhoff: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thomas Uranium Pit | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westhoff in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2017: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westhoff | $20,000 | no account filed |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westhoff | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 80 mph that ripped the roof off a metal storage building and wrapped it around a tree in Westhoff. |
| June 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Westhoff | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph. The report from the Westoff Fire Department was relayed to the NWS by the DeWitt County emergency manager. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Westhoff | - | The DeWitt County sheriff's office reported nickel size hail. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Westhoff | - | From 3 to 4 inches of rain fell southeast of Westhoff in the early evening, closing US87 and FM240 due to high water. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Westhoff | - | Generally from 2 to 3 inches of rain fell in the early morning hours. Highest totals were 4 inches near Hochheim. US77 and US183 were closed due to flash flooding near Hochheim. |
| July 2007 | Flash Flood | Westhoff | - | Thunderstorms over southern Gonzales, northern Lavaca and northern DeWitt Counties produced general 2 to 3 inch rain totals with up to 4 inches near Westhoff. FM240 and US87 were closed due to flash flooding. |
| March 2007 | Flood | Westhoff | - | Sandies Creek near Westhoff crested at 12.08 ft at 0800 CST on March 26, where flood stage is 21 ft. This was the 5th highest crest on record. |
| March 2005 | Flash Flood | Westhoff | - | Thunderstorms produced general 2 inch rain accumulations over northern DeWitt County and southern Gonzales County. Nearly 3 inches was indicated in the area between Westhoff and Nordheim in DeWitt County and Smiley in Gonzales County. Through much of the evening, flash flooding closed FM108 on both sides of the DeWitt-Gonzales County line, as well as M240 in DeWitt County. |
| April 2009 | Hail | Westhoff | - | 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 Westhoff | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q2565392 | 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 1377660. 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.



