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Westland, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76126. The Survey maps it on the Benbrook quadrangle.

Westland within Tarrant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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.

Fires near this place

202 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Westland between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,830 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined165
Power generation/transmission/distribution13
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Smoking5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Recreation and ceremony3
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBENBROOK HWY
28 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARYS CREEK
28 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12000 ALEDO/IONA
27 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWHITE SETTLEMENT
24 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13558 OLD WEATHERFORD RD
22 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMP BOWIE WEST
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILVER CREEK
2 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCAMP BOWIE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tarrant County

Storms near this place

20 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Westland in 20 storm reports between 2003 and 2026: 11 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood. The reports record 1 death. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2012FloodWestland1 killedAreal flooding continued for several hours after scattered to numerous thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall produced flash flooding in Tarrant County. Most of the areal flooding occurred over the northern half of the county. Between 1-4.5 of rain had fallen over the area; resulting in the flooding of several creeks, underpasses, and streets. At about 10:15 pm CDT, a 33-year old man drowned in a swift moving creek near Trammel Davis Road and South Norwood Drive in Fort Worth. The man stepped into the creek to cool off and was swept off his feet.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindWestland$65,000A business on Camp Bowie West Boulevard lost its roof.
April 2026HailWestland$50,000Social media photo showed a 2.75 inch hailstone west of White Settlement.
April 2026HailWestland$20,000A social media photo showed a 2.5 inch hailstone south of White Settlement.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindWestland$20,000The roof was blown off the Sutherlands Lumber Yard at Camp Bowie Blvd and Williams Road.
April 2026HailWestland$15,000Amateur radio operator reported 1.75 inch hail west southwest of White Settlement.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindWestland$10,000A 74 mph wind gust was measured at a CWOP site in western Fort Worth.
September 2023Thunderstorm WindWestland$10,000A public report indicated damage to roofs, trees snapped, and metal poles bent 45 degrees.
June 2025Thunderstorm WindWestland$7,000Amateur radio reported a 71 MPH wind gust in White Settlement.
September 2009Thunderstorm WindWestland$1,000A trained spotter measured a 69 mph wind gust at Loop 820 and Spur 580 on the west side of Fort Worth.
April 2026HailWestland-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
April 2026HailWestland-Report of 1 inch hail west of White Settlement.
April 2026HailWestland-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
April 2026HailWestland-Report of 1.5 inch hail from mPING.
May 2025Thunderstorm WindWestland-Thunderstorm winds were measured at 59 mph in White Settlement.
June 2024HailWestland-Reported via mPing.
March 2019HailWestland-Just over 1 hail was reported in the Walsh Ranch area of west Fort Worth by a tv station viewer.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindWestland-Amateur radio reported a 60 MPH wind gust along with 3 to 4 inch diameter tree limbs blown down.
May 2015HailWestland-no account filed
July 2003HailWestland-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Tarrant 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
White Settlement3.1 miles17
Benbrook4.0 miles15
Westover Hills4.5 miles15
Westworth5.0 miles17
Lake Worth6.1 miles17
River Oaks6.4 miles17
Lake Shore Estates6.5 miles15
Lakeside6.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1349864. 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.