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Whitsett, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Three Rivers census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78071. It stands on Salt Branch. The Survey maps it on the Whitsett quadrangle. It stands 200 feet above sea level.

Whitsett within Live Oak County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

97 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Whitsett between 2006 and 2020, burning about 258 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
Equipment and vehicle use69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Debris and open burning6
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURKE ST AT RR TRACKS
8 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRVFD2018107
8 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 37 MARKER 86
7 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 84 GRASS FIRE
7 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 417
28 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 99 HWY 281 GRASS FIRE
25 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 281 GRASS FIRE
2 September 2020Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMM 80 GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Live Oak County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Whitsett: 5 producers, 2 past producers. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Molybdenum, Selenium. 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
House-Seale MineUranium, Molybdenum, SeleniumPast ProducerStratabound
South Texas Construction Co. PitLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Mccowan PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
South Texas Construction PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Chapman PitUraniumProducer
Dobie PitsUraniumProducer
Vaughn PitUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Live Oak County

Storms near this place

15 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitsett in 15 storm reports between 1998 and 2025: 6 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
May 2012Tornado (EF0)Whitsett$50,000Storm chasers observed a brief tornado just south of Whitsett. The tornado damaged large trees and a mobile home and uprooted a hay shed. This damage was observed just east of Highway 281 about a half of a mile southeast of Whitsett.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindWhitsett$25,000Power poles were broken at the ground on Highway 99.
April 2019Flash FloodWhitsett$25,000MPing reports were received of street flooding near Whitsett. Several vehicles were stranded in the flood waters. Several streets were closed due to the flooding.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindWhitsett$5,000Tree limbs and power lines were blown down between Interstate 37 and Esseville.
April 2021Thunderstorm WindWhitsett$1,000A tree limb 12 inches in diameter was broken near observer's home.
April 2025HailWhitsett-DPS Reported half-dollar sized (1.25) hail at intersection if I-37 and FM 99, near Whitsett.
April 2023HailWhitsett-Observer reported nickel sized hail in Whitsett.
April 2013HailWhitsett-Coop observer reported quarter sized hail.
May 2012Funnel CloudWhitsett-Public reported a funnel cloud northwest of Three Rivers that lasted for 15 minutes.
July 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitsett-Winds broke tree limbs of 6-8 inches in diameter near the community of Whitsett.
June 2012HailWhitsett-Nickel sized hail occurred on Interstate 37 near Whitsett along with winds estimated to be near 50 mph.
March 2009HailWhitsett-Reported at Pure Country Convenience Store.
July 2007Flash FloodWhitsett-Three to five inches of heavy rainfall across far northwest Live Oak county led to flooding near Whitsett. Highway 99 at Whitsett was flooded with several feet of water over it.
March 1998Thunderstorm WindWhitsett-Law enforcement officer report of a 60 mph thunderstorm wind gust.
March 2007HailWhitsett-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Live Oak 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
Esseville5.0 miles9
Nell11.9 miles9
Ray Point12.8 miles9
Three Rivers12.9 miles11
Oakville15.6 miles11
Simmons15.7 miles12
Karon17.9 miles11
Ike17.9 miles11

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 WhitsettAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7996790The 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 1371473. 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.