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Wolfe City, Texas

6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wolfe City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75496. The Survey maps it on the Wolfe City quadrangle. 1,399 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 692 feet above sea level.

Wolfe City within Hunt County

On record in Wolfe City

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

3 figures

Wolfe City fell from 1,566 to 1,399 between 2000 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
20001,566
20101,412-154 (-10%)
20201,399-13 (-1%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 6 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

105 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Wolfe City between 1998 and 2020, burning about 913 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
Debris and open burning38
Missing data/not specified/undetermined32
Equipment and vehicle use25
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2016Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD HWY 34
9 September 2014Debris and open burning30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 1023 WOLFE CITY
9 September 2014Debris and open burning21 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWEBB HILL
5 September 2005Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTURKEY CREEK
27 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
25 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHICKORY CREEK
23 September 2005Recreation and ceremony6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hunt County

Storms near this place

26 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wolfe City in 26 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 12 thunderstorm wind, 10 hail, 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
March 2004Thunderstorm WindWolfe City$30,000A mobile home was moved off it's blocks, a barn was destroyed, the concession stand of a ball field was destroyed, fences were blown down, and numerous trees were blown down.
October 2011Thunderstorm WindWolfe City$15,000The roof was blown off the Wolfe City Fire Department building and another building downtown. Trees were also blown over by the thunderstorm winds.
May 2007Flash FloodWolfe City$5,000Major street flooding was reported in Wolfe City, and a high water rescue was required in Cash.
April 2011HailWolfe City$2,000Nickel to quarter size hail was covering the ground in Wolfe City.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindWolfe City$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindWolfe City$2,000Power lines were blown down by high winds.
May 2000Tornado (F0)Wolfe City$2,000Trees and power lines were blown down by a brief tornado.
February 1999Thunderstorm WindWolfe City$2,000Thunderstorms blew the roof off a sheet metal carport.
March 2025HailWolfe City-HAM Radio reported quarter sized hail in Wolfe City near Hanna St and Jackson St.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-A handheld anemometer measured a 67 mph wind gust.
May 2021HailWolfe City-A public report indicated half-dollar sized hail near Wolfe City, TX.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-Large tree limbs downed.
September 2006FloodWolfe City-Minor flooding occurred on secondary roads in the northern part of the county.
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines. No dollar estimate of damage was provided.
April 1997Flash FloodWolfe City-Several roads were flooded in and around town.
March 2017HailWolfe City-no account filed
April 2005HailWolfe City-no account filed
April 2005HailWolfe City-no account filed
April 2005HailWolfe City-no account filed
April 2005HailWolfe City-no account filed
April 2002HailWolfe City-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-no account filed
April 1997Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-no account filed
March 1996HailWolfe City-no account filed
March 1996Thunderstorm WindWolfe City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hunt 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
Hickory Creek4.7 miles6
Durham5.0 miles8
Aberfoyle5.1 miles6
Midway6.4 miles6
Fairlie7.1 miles8
Hogeye7.1 miles6
White Rock7.5 miles6
South Sulphur7.9 miles6

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 Wolfe CityAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q969649The 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 1376856. 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.