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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.

Wingate within Runnels County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

14 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined5
Debris and open burning4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
7 September 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOUNTY ROAD 191
14 September 2011Natural8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANTILLEY RANCH WEST FIRE
15 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUNNELS COUNTY
29 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWINGATE FIRE
26 July 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBELEW FIRE
25 July 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 153 FIRE, EAST OF WINGATE
11 July 2016Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROW FIRE ON US 277
10 July 2012Natural5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceANTILLEY RANCH GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Runnels County

Storms near this place

46 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
September 1996Thunderstorm WindWingate$45,000no account filed
March 2004Thunderstorm WindWingate$15,000Several 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 2002HailWingate$10,000A severe thunderstorm moved over northern Runnels County producing two inch diameter hail in the town of Wingate.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWingate$5,000A roof was blown off a barn
May 1994Thunderstorm WindWingate$5,000no account filed
April 2003Thunderstorm WindWingate$2,000Numerous trees blown down.
April 2025HailWingate-Volunteer Fire Department reported mostly dime to quarter size hail with some golf ball size hail.
April 2025HailWingate-A local official reported half dollar size hail.
May 2024HailWingate-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2024HailWingate-A trained reported reported tennis ball size hail in Wingate.
May 2024HailWingate-A trained spotter reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail in Wingate.
May 2024HailWingate-Wingate Fire Chief reported quarter size hail. Damage to skylights, trees and livestock.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWingate-Wingate Fire Chief reported wind gusts from 50 to 60 mph with several small buildings blown over or blown down.
May 2024Flash FloodWingate-Fire Department reported interior flooding to homes and flooded roadways. Also, 4 inches of rain fell with large hail (size unknown).
May 2024HailWingate-A trained spotter reported tennis ball size hail in Wingate.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindWingate-Public reported 1 inch tree limbs broken and shingles blown off.
May 2023HailWingate-There was mostly dime to nickel size hail falling but a few quarters were found.
May 2023HailWingate-The public reported golf ball size hail in Wingate.
April 2021HailWingate-A member of the public reported nickel size hail.
April 2019HailWingate-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported at the intersection of State Highways 153 and 359 by a Skywarn Storm Spotter.
June 2015Thunderstorm WindWingate-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 2015Thunderstorm WindWingate-A Coop Observer measured a wind gust of 60 mph about 1 mile southeast of Wingate.
December 2015HailWingate-A trained spotter reported hail between the size of dimes and quarters at Highway 153 and County Road 395.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindWingate-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 2011HailWingate-Quarter to golf ball size hail was reported in Wingate.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindWingate-A NWS Cooperative Observer's weather station reported 60 mph winds. No damage was reported.
April 2001Thunderstorm WindWingate-Wind gust estimated at 60 mph.
May 2022HailWingate-no account filed
April 2015HailWingate-no account filed
May 2012HailWingate-no account filed
May 2012HailWingate-no account filed
April 2011HailWingate-no account filed
April 2007HailWingate-no account filed
April 2006HailWingate-no account filed
May 2006HailWingate-no account filed
March 2005HailWingate-no account filed
May 2005HailWingate-no account filed
May 2005HailWingate-no account filed
May 2004HailWingate-no account filed
May 2004HailWingate-no account filed
May 2003Thunderstorm WindWingate-no account filed
March 2002HailWingate-no account filed
November 2000HailWingate-no account filed
November 2000HailWingate-no account filed
March 1999HailWingate-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWingate-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Runnels 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
Pumphrey3.8 miles12
Wilmeth4.6 miles13
Drasco6.9 miles12
Winters9.9 miles12
Marie11.3 miles14
Norton12.0 miles15
Maverick15.2 miles15
Hatchel15.9 miles13

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 WingateAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6620456The 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.