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Wilmer, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75172. The Survey maps it on the Ferris quadrangle. 4,974 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 466 feet above sea level.

Wilmer within Dallas County

Population over time

2 figures

Wilmer grew from 3,682 to 4,974 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20103,682
20204,974+1,292 (+35%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 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

59 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Wilmer between 2006 and 2017, burning about 224 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Debris and open burning9
Smoking6
Arson/incendiarism5
Equipment and vehicle use3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1900 FM 664
24 September 2012Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROLLING HILLS
22 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Wilmer: 8 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay. 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
Ferris Clay Pit & PlantClayProducer
Harkrider PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
AbandonedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Bluebird Pit & Plant No. 5Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Bob Meals Co Inc Lone Star PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dowdy Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Wray Sand and Gravel OperaionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keller PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Prasifka Brothers OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Southwest Contracting Co OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

8 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmer in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1996Thunderstorm WindWilmer$15,000no account filed
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWilmer$6,000A large tree, approximately 2-4 feet wide, was lying across Beltline Road northeast of Wilmer.
March 2025HailWilmer-An image on social media showed ping pong sized hail in Wilmer.
May 1999Flash FloodWilmer-Major flooding was reported across city streets. The flooding was from heavy thunderstorm rain.
June 1997Flash FloodWilmer-Creeks overflowed their banks and flooded nearby roads.
March 2000Tornado (F0)Wilmer-no account filed
May 1999HailWilmer-no account filed
April 1993HailWilmer-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Patrick3.0 miles18
Lancaster3.8 miles19
Hutchins4.4 miles21
Bear Creek Ranch4.5 miles19
Bobwyn6.4 miles19
Kleberg6.8 miles19
Rylie7.5 miles21
Seagoville8.5 miles19

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 WilmerAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981715The 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 1350245. 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.