BlockWizard Wells, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Jacksboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76458. The Survey maps it on the Wizard Wells quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Wizard Wells quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
60 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Wizard Wells between 2005 and 2012, burning about 2,072 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOM |
| 19 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 380 W HONEYHOLLOW RANCH |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | J. L. CASTLEBERRY FIRE |
| 3 August 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 2011 | Smoking | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHRISTIAN BROTHERS FIRE |
| 14 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 August 2008 | Natural | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wizard Wells in 7 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 4 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wizard Wells | $5,000 | Emergency manager reported a power pole snapped at the base along FM 1156. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Wizard Wells | - | A social media report indicated quarter-sized hail just east of Jacksboro, TX. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wizard Wells | - | Strong winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| May 1995 | Tornado (F0) | Wizard Wells | - | Tornado number one touched down just east of Wizard Wells. |
| October 2001 | Hail | Wizard Wells | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Wizard Wells | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Wizard Wells | - | 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 Wizard Wells | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q122560769 | 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 1350445. 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.