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Whitt, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76088. It lies near Red Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Whitt quadrangle. It stands 1,129 feet above sea level.

Whitt within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 18 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

78 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 78 fires within 5 miles of Whitt between 2000 and 2020, burning about 1,306 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 9 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
Debris and open burning30
Equipment and vehicle use18
Missing data/not specified/undetermined15
Arson/incendiarism9
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1

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 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 August 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 281 SOUTH
6 August 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAYES
4 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use14 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRIMES ROAD
31 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2007Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

23 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whitt in 23 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 flood. The reports record 2 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
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Whitt2 hurtThe tornado developed on the southwest side of Whitt near Bounty Rd where an untethered large RV trailer was rolled upside down. There were 2 injuries reported with the damage in this area. Tree damage spans from Whitt Cut Off Road to Middleton Road and includes snapped trunks and large broken branches. As the tornado moved northeast towards the Wise County line, it caused damage to the roof of a metal building near Leech Road and rolled another untethered large RV trailer on its side along Lone Star Rd. The tornado appears to have lifted before reaching Advance Rd. Maximum estimated winds were 100 mph.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindWhitt$10,000A roof was damaged and large limbs were blown down.
March 2016FloodWhitt$8,000A social media report indicated a high water rescue on the 1300 block of Indian Camp Rd in the Whitt area.
January 2012FloodWhitt$5,000Nearly 18 hours of continuous rain resulted in widespread nuisance and low-lying flooding across the county. The county received an average of 3-5 of rain during this event. Several creeks and streams overflowed their banks, flooding the surrounding lands and roads. The local newspaper reported that water did enter a home on the 200 block of Comanche Trail near Western Lake. Water from the overflowing lake flowed into the home and caused minor water damage in one room. In addition, many low-water spots and crossings had to barricaded across the county; including Smith Road and Cottondale Road, and near the rising Brazos River.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindWhitt$5,000Numerous large trees are reported down along HWY 199 from near Joplin to near Springtown. Several houses had roof damage due to tree limbs falling on them.
October 2025Flash FloodWhitt$2,000The low water crossing near Whitt was flooded.
March 2016Flash FloodWhitt-Parker County EOC reported impassable roads 2 to 3 miles east of Whitt, and between Hwy 281 and Lamkin Rd.
November 2015FloodWhitt-News media reported that flooding of mainly rural and side roads was common across the county. None of the main roads had been closed.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWhitt-Trained spotters reported a 60 mph wind gust in Whitt. This wind gust appears to have occurred as the outflow from the storm began to surge out ahead of the storm.
March 2012HailWhitt-Nickel sized hail covered the ground.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindWhitt-A 65 MPH wind gust was observed in Whitt and relayed by the Parker County Sherriff's office.
February 2001Flash FloodWhitt-Farm Market 52 near Whitt was closed due to high water.
April 2007HailWhitt-no account filed
February 2001HailWhitt-no account filed
March 2001HailWhitt-no account filed
April 2000HailWhitt-no account filed
April 2000HailWhitt-no account filed
May 1999HailWhitt-no account filed
October 1998HailWhitt-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWhitt-no account filed
June 1997HailWhitt-no account filed
April 1994HailWhitt-no account filed
April 1994HailWhitt-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker 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
Advance5.0 miles18
Adell7.1 miles18
Authon7.2 miles18
Poolville8.6 miles17
Garner8.7 miles18
Peaster9.9 miles17
Cool10.8 miles18
Lemley12.1 miles18

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 WhittAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7996816The 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 1350029. 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.