BlockWilmeth, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79567. The Survey maps it on the Wilmeth quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1891 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hayrick quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Wilmeth quadrangle1:24000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Robert Lee quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Wilmeth in 2011, burning about 91 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WINGATE FIRE |
| 26 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BELEW FIRE |
| 25 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 153 FIRE, EAST OF WINGATE |
| 23 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VALLEY CREEK FIRE |
| 2 June 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 301 ARSON FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wilmeth in 6 storm reports between 2002 and 2019: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2002 | Tornado (F1) | Wilmeth | $25,000 | A tornado touched down along Ranch Road 384 in northeast Runnels County, striking and damaging a house. Part of the roof was torn off, allowing rainwater to enter the building. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Wilmeth | - | The public provided pictures and video on social media. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Wilmeth | - | Trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmeth | - | Trained spotter estimated a wind gust of 60 mph. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Wilmeth | - | The public reported that hail busted numerous vehicle windows. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wilmeth | - | The public reported several large tree limbs down. Several of the limbs were at least 10 feet in length. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122565680 | 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 1350247. 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.