Wingate, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Winters census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79566. The Survey maps it on the Wingate quadrangle. 83 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 2,011 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 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.
- 1893 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Wingate quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sweetwater quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
14 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Wingate between 2006 and 2016, burning about 421 acres in total. 3 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 | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 191 |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANTILLEY RANCH WEST FIRE |
| 15 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUNNELS COUNTY |
| 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 |
| 11 July 2016 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROW FIRE ON US 277 |
| 10 July 2012 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ANTILLEY RANCH GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
46 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wingate in 46 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 31 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | $45,000 | no account filed |
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | $15,000 | Several large trees were uprooted and roof damage occurred to several homes in the community of Wingate. It was determined that these strong winds were the result of a rear flank down burst from a super cell thunderstorm that moved just north of the community. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Wingate | $10,000 | A severe thunderstorm moved over northern Runnels County producing two inch diameter hail in the town of Wingate. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | $5,000 | A roof was blown off a barn |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | $2,000 | Numerous trees blown down. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Wingate | - | Volunteer Fire Department reported mostly dime to quarter size hail with some golf ball size hail. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Wingate | - | A local official reported half dollar size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wingate | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wingate | - | A trained reported reported tennis ball size hail in Wingate. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wingate | - | A trained spotter reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail in Wingate. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wingate | - | Wingate Fire Chief reported quarter size hail. Damage to skylights, trees and livestock. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | Wingate Fire Chief reported wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph with several small buildings blown over or blown down. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Wingate | - | Fire Department reported interior flooding to homes and flooded roadways. Also, 4 inches of rain fell with large hail (size unknown). |
| May 2024 | Hail | Wingate | - | A trained spotter reported tennis ball size hail in Wingate. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | Public reported 1 inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Wingate | - | There was mostly dime to nickel size hail falling but a few quarters were found. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Wingate | - | The public reported golf ball size hail in Wingate. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Wingate | - | A member of the public reported nickel size hail. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Wingate | - | Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported at the intersection of State Highways 153 and 359 by a Skywarn Storm Spotter. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | A trained spotter estimated 60 to 70 mph thunderstorm wind gusts. The damaging thunderstorm winds tore off a small portion of the metal roof located at one of the corners. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | A Coop Observer measured a wind gust of 60 mph about 1 mile southeast of Wingate. |
| December 2015 | Hail | Wingate | - | A trained spotter reported hail between the size of dimes and quarters at Highway 153 and County Road 395. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | A member of the rainfall network called with a report of downed tree limbs. The average diameter of the limb was approx 2 inches. The observer also reported a 62 MPH wind gust measured with his anemometer. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wingate | - | Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Wingate. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | A NWS Cooperative Observer's weather station reported 60 mph winds. No damage was reported. |
| April 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | Wind gust estimated at 60 mph. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| April 2006 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2005 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2004 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| November 2000 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Wingate | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wingate | - | 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.
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 Wingate | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6620456 | 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 1350418. 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.




