Wetsel, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plano census division. It stands on Barksdale Creek. The Survey maps it on the McKinney West quadrangle. It stands 669 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 11 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.
- 1929 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS McKinney West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
110 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Wetsel between 2005 and 2017, burning about 270 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Debris and open burning | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4001 N 75 |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1414 S TENNESSEE |
| 4 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13-0258 |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 100 CENTRAL EXSPY |
| 30 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-389 |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | S AIRPORT RD |
| 25 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-350 |
| 13 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-373 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Wetsel: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Grove | 2.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fairview | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Allen | 2.3 miles | 12 | |
| Winningkoff | 4.5 miles | 12 | |
| Lucas | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| McKinney | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Parker | 5.3 miles | 12 | |
| Lowry Crossing | 5.4 miles | 11 |
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 Wetsel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076229 | 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 1379260. 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.




