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Wheatland, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fort Worth census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76126. The Survey maps it on the Cresson quadrangle.

Wheatland within Tarrant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

26 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Wheatland between 2002 and 2020, burning about 6,102 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined16
Railroad operations and maintenance4
Equipment and vehicle use3
Smoking2
Debris and open burning1

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
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceW LOOP 820 S
28 September 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12000 ALEDO/IONA
23 August 2006Railroad operations and maintenance5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceJACK CREEK
2 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROSSTIE FIRE
9 April 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 April 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service377
9 March 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tarrant County

Storms near this place

11 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wheatland in 11 storm reports between 2002 and 2026: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 lightning. The reports record 14 injuries. 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
June 2025LightningWheatland14 hurt, $5,000Lightning struck a canopy at Mustang Park with 14 people underneath it. Twelve people were treated on the scene for minor injuries and two others were transported to the hospital. A vehicle parked near the tree was damaged.
November 2025LightningWheatland$500,000A public report inticated a house fire caused by lightning on Bella Dio Dr in Benbrook.
November 2025LightningWheatland$500,000Delete this entry.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindWheatland$18,000A 72 mph wind gust was measured at Highway 377 and Tiger Trail in Benbrook. Tree damage and uprooted trees were reported around Benbrook.
March 2016Thunderstorm WindWheatland$12,000A public report from a former NWS employee estimated wind gusts of 65 MPH.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindWheatland$1,000An off-duty NWS employee estimated 65 mph winds near the Tarrant/Parker county line.
April 2026HailWheatland-Report of 1.25 inch hail from mPING.
March 2016HailWheatland-Nickel sized hail was reported 8 miles southwest of Benbrook.
May 2011HailWheatland-Quarter sized hail was reported 9 miles south-southeast of Aledo in Tarrant County.
April 2002HailWheatland-no account filed
April 2002HailWheatland-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
Lake Shore Estates3.1 miles15
Plover3.3 miles12
Winscott4.2 miles17
Saint Francis Village4.4 miles12
Boss4.5 miles17
Primrose5.6 miles12
Benbrook5.8 miles15
Westland7.9 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379262. 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.