Willow City, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stonewall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78624. It stands on Knott Branch. The Survey maps it on the Willow City quadrangle. 75 people lived here at the last count. It stands 1,713 feet above sea level.
On record in Willow City
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Willow City Schoollisted 2005
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1894 USGS Fredericksburg quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Willow City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Pedernales River quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
43 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Willow City between 2005 and 2018, burning about 3,252 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 25 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROMARA LN |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2005 | Debris and open burning | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLOW LOOP |
| 8 July 2012 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD WILLOW RD. |
| 7 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Willow City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Feldspar. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Althaus Mine | Feldspar | Past Producer | Feldspar |
Storms near this place
22 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Willow City in 22 storm reports between 2003 and 2023: 17 hail, 2 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow City | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds damaged roofs of homes and knocked over trees near Willow City. A home weather station recorded wind gusts to 51 knots |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Willow City | $100,000 | As the line of thunderstorms associated with the late season cold front moved southward into Gillespie County, they produced severe winds that knocked over large trees and blew down power lines from Willow City southward to near Stonewall. Damage was also indicated to some roofs and homes, and one trailer east of Fredericksburg was overturned. Winds were estimated by residents of the area as approaching 100 mph. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Willow City | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Willow City. |
| March 2023 | Hail | Willow City | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail east of Willow City. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Willow City | - | A thunderstorm produced tennis ball size hail southwest of Willow City. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Willow City | - | A thunderstorm produced golf ball size south of Willow City. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Willow City | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing RM 1631 and RM 1323 east of Willow City. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Willow City | - | Quarter size hail was reportedly covering the ground near Willow City. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Willow City | - | A thunderstorm produced hail ranging from pea to quarter size which covered the ground in Willow City. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Willow City | - | A thunderstorm produced marble to quarter size hail near Willow City. |
| May 2006 | Flash Flood | Willow City | - | Thunderstorms dropped a general 1 inch rain over the northern part of Gillespie County. Highest totals were near 3 inches between Willow City and Stonewall. Many of the county rural roads were closed due to flash flooding, including SH16 and FM1323. |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F0) | Willow City | - | A second Gillespie County tornado was reported by the Sheriff's Department to have struck the community of Willow City near 1910CST. It was about 20 yards wide and was on the ground for less than short-lived and caused minor damage to some trees before lifting and dissipating. It was rated F0 on the Fujita Scale. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Willow City | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eckert | 2.1 miles | 12 | |
| Crabapple | 7.8 miles | 12 | |
| Stonewall | 11.5 miles | 13 | |
| Cherry Mountain | 11.8 miles | 11 | |
| Fredericksburg | 12.5 miles | 12 | |
| Blumenthal | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Rocky Hill | 13.1 miles | 11 | |
| Hilltop | 14.2 miles | 11 |
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 Willow City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3538540 | 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 1380785. 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.





