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Whatley, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Texarkana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75503. The Survey maps it on the Texarkana quadrangle.

Whatley within Bowie County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

142 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Whatley between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,026 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 11 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/undetermined63
Debris and open burning48
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Natural2
Smoking1
Fireworks1

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
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3406 GIN RD
8 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6296
7 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAY/GILLAM
5 September 2015Debris and open burning1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
5 September 2000Misuse of fire by a minor3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 366
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1 COUNTY ROAD 1329 ST
27 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTUCKEY
27 September 1999Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresArkansas Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bowie County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of Whatley: 7 past producers, 6 producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
S. W. A. PitsIronProducer
Hoot PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Kennedy Sand & Gravel Co.Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Putch Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
DickeyClayUnknown
GallagherClayPast Producer
Hutchinson PitClayProducer
Hutchinson PitClayProducer
Texarkana PlantClayProducer
UnkClayPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bowie County

Storms near this place

20 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whatley in 20 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 11 flash flood, 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2008HailWhatley$120,000,000Fire department reported that car windows and sky lights and the roofs of many homes throughout the city were damaged from this devastating hail storm. Preliminary monetary estimate at the time of this publication was near 90 million dollars with local emergency management officials saying this amount would likely increase.
May 2009Flash FloodWhatley$2,000College Drive underpass was flooded. Another driver was stranded in flood waters at the 7th street underpass.
April 2025Flash FloodWhatley-High water covered portions of I-30 on the Texas side of Texarkana. Stateline Avenue was also flooded.
April 2025Flash FloodWhatley-Interstate 30 was shut down from Mile Marker 220 to the Arkansas state line due to flooding.
October 2023Flash FloodWhatley-Water reported up to a foot deep at the intersection of Summerhill Road and Moore's Lane in Texarkana.
August 2022Flash FloodWhatley-Numerous roads were flooded across both the Texas and Arkansas sides of Texarkana.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWhatley-Shingles were blown off of a roof of a home. Report from mPING.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindWhatley-Power lines were downed in Texarkana.
December 2021HailWhatley-Numerous reports of quarter size hail fell across the northwest sections of Texarkana.
August 2020Flash FloodWhatley-Street flooding was reported across the Texas side of Texarkana, especially in low-lying, flood prone areas.
May 2018HailWhatley-Penny size hail fell just northwest of Texarkana, TX.
April 2016HailWhatley-Dime to nickel size hail fell in Texarkana.
April 2016HailWhatley-Nickel size hail fell at the intersection of Summerhill Road and Moores Lane in Texarkana.
July 2015Flash FloodWhatley-A car was completely submerged in a flooded intersection at Summerhills Road and Moores Lane.
May 2015Flash FloodWhatley-The intersection of Moore's Lane and Summerhill Road was flooded and closed.
May 2009Flash FloodWhatley-High water was reported across 48th Street and FM 374.
May 2009Flash FloodWhatley-Meadowbrook Lane in Texarkana, Texas was flooded and closed.
October 2009Flash FloodWhatley-High water was reported on Interstate 30.
March 2014HailWhatley-no account filed
March 2008HailWhatley-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bowie 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
Texarkana4.5 miles21
Wamba4.5 miles13
Wake Village5.4 miles21
Nash5.5 miles18
South Texarkana6.0 miles21
Red Lick6.8 miles18
Eylau8.5 miles21
Leary8.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380764. 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.