BlockWillamar, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Perlita census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78580. The Survey maps it on the Willamar quadrangle. 15 people lived here at the 2000 count. It stands 20 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Willamar quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
8 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Willamar between 2002 and 2017, burning about 187 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge | WILLAMAR |
| 2 April 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARM EQUIPMENT FIRE |
| 11 April 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH /GRASS MIXTURE FIRE |
| 7 November 2017 | Debris and open burning | 83 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GONZALES RANCH |
| 31 January 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | VIEJO BV7 |
| 3 January 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1 MILE WEST ON 2845 |
| 26 January 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | TRASH PV10 |
| 13 January 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EL MANALDO |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willamar in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Lightning | Willamar | $5,000,000 | A strong cloud to ground lightning bolt struck and set ablaze a wind turbine and tower at the Willacy County Los Vientos wind farm during the initial severe thunderstorm that impacted the county during the early evening of June 24, 2019. Another strike destroyed a small grain silo just to the west of Lyford and Raymondville. Time of the strike is estimated from peak lightning frequency, which exceeded 300 cloud to ground strikes in 15 minutes. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Willamar | $500,000 | More than three hours or torrential rain fell in and near the communities of San Perlita, Willamar, and Santa Monica. As the rain totals increased, the water piled up; FM 1420 was inundated by several inches to more than a foot of water (some flowing), and nearby farms turned into one big lake. Photos and anecdotal evidence suggested two to three feet in the fields during the peak of the storm and probably well into the overnight hours. |
| October 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Willamar | $50,000 | A survey team revealed peak winds ranging from 74 to 86 mph for the Los Coyotes Tornado. The 86 mph winds were measured by a property owners weather station, whose information was considered viable based on visual evidence of damage and radar depiction of velocity in the core of the circulation, which exceeded 60 knots (70 mph). Damage in Los Coyotes was to a few barns and outbuildings, as well as uprooted and snapped trees. Emergency Management noted seven power poles were leaning or down, but had been repaired by the time to survey was conducted on October 31. |
| October 2012 | Hail | Willamar | - | Willacy County Sheriff's Department reported golf ball size hail fell on FM 490, 6 miles west of Willamar at 6 pm. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| San Perlita | 3.3 miles | 12 | |
| Porfirio | 3.7 miles | 9 | |
| Los Coyotes | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Santa Monica | 6.7 miles | 11 | |
| Benitez Colonia | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Raymondville | 8.9 miles | 9 | |
| Lisa Colonia | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Bausell and Ellis Colonia | 9.1 miles | 9 |
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 Willamar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q979068 | 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 1379276. 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.