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Whon, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Santa Anna census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76878. The Survey maps it on the Whon quadrangle.

Whon within Coleman County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 15 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

14 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Whon between 2006 and 2018, burning about 782 acres in total. 2 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/undetermined6
Debris and open burning4
Natural2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined153 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 August 2008Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2016Natural40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFLAT TOP
9 June 2008Smoking25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2012Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDEAL'S HAY BALES
20 May 2006Debris and open burning200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coleman County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Whon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. 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
Mcbryde MineUraniumProducer
Trevino MineUraniumProducer

Every working recorded in Coleman County

Storms near this place

3 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Whon in 3 storm reports between 2007 and 2022: 2 hail, 1 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
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWhon$5,000This is a continuation of the strong downburst winds associated with an intense squall line that produced additional damage in the wake of a tornado that moved through the area just prior to the onset of the strong winds.
May 2022HailWhon-no account filed
May 2016HailWhon-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coleman 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
Rockwood3.6 miles13
Chaffin Crossing5.5 miles14
Hays Crossing6.9 miles14
Trickham7.8 miles13
Shields9.5 miles12
Gouldbusk10.1 miles12
Mozelle12.4 miles12
Cleveland13.2 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380777. 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.