Wilhelm, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1939 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Panhandle census division. The Survey maps it on the Deal quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1939 USGS Sanford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Deal quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Borger quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
41 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 41 fires within 5 miles of Wilhelm between 1992 and 2020, burning about 18,720 acres in total. 6 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/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAROLINE |
| 14 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | #1258 |
| 3 August 2018 | Natural | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALIBATES #2 |
| 3 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALIBATES RANCH FIRE |
| 21 August 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | ALIBATES RANCH |
| 10 August 2001 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | MOORE #1 |
| 4 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Lake Meredith National Recreation Area | 136 COMPLEX |
| 30 July 2011 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHARLIE SANFORD FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380782. 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.




