White Hall, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76557. It stands on Kell Branch. The Survey maps it on the Moffat quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1924 USGS Temple 3-B quadrangle1:48000
- 1931 USGS Belton quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Moffat quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of White Hall between 2002 and 2020, burning about 1,243 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/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOODY LEON |
| 23 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BURGANDY LANE FIRE |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 38 |
| 4 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5012 CEDAR RIDGE |
| 4 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINKLER PARK FIRE |
| 30 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11530 BUCKHORN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names White Hall in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 2 flash 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | White Hall | $6,000 | Emergency management reported a high water call at Shine Branch Road and SH 317 north of Temple. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | White Hall | - | Mandatory evacuations were ordered for residents in a mobile home park along Nolan Creek in Killeen. The intersection of Highway 36 and Aycock Road in White Hall was closed due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moffat | 2.4 miles | 16 | |
| Owl Creek | 4.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bland | 4.5 miles | 19 | |
| Stampede | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| Pendleton | 4.6 miles | 15 | |
| Jubilee Springs | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Meador Grove | 4.8 miles | 16 | |
| Morgans Point Resort | 5.2 miles | 16 |
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 White Hall | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113349505 | 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 1371372. 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.






