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.
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
- Blanton Schoollisted 2006
Population over time
3 figuresWolfe 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 1,566 | |
| 2010 | 1,412 | -154 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 1,399 | -13 (-1%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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
- 1965 USGS Wolfe City quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
105 since 1998Regional 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 burning | 38 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD HWY 34 |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1023 WOLFE CITY |
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 21 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEBB HILL |
| 5 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY CREEK |
| 27 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKORY CREEK |
| 23 September 2005 | Recreation and ceremony | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
26 since 1996Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | $30,000 | A 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | $15,000 | The roof was blown off the Wolfe City Fire Department building and another building downtown. Trees were also blown over by the thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2007 | Flash Flood | Wolfe City | $5,000 | Major street flooding was reported in Wolfe City, and a high water rescue was required in Cash. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Wolfe City | $2,000 | Nickel to quarter size hail was covering the ground in Wolfe City. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | $2,000 | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| May 2000 | Tornado (F0) | Wolfe City | $2,000 | Trees and power lines were blown down by a brief tornado. |
| February 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | $2,000 | Thunderstorms blew the roof off a sheet metal carport. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | HAM Radio reported quarter sized hail in Wolfe City near Hanna St and Jackson St. |
| March 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | A handheld anemometer measured a 67 mph wind gust. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | A public report indicated half-dollar sized hail near Wolfe City, TX. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | Large tree limbs downed. |
| September 2006 | Flood | Wolfe City | - | Minor flooding occurred on secondary roads in the northern part of the county. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | Thunderstorm winds downed powerlines. No dollar estimate of damage was provided. |
| April 1997 | Flash Flood | Wolfe City | - | Several roads were flooded in and around town. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| April 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Wolfe City | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wolfe City | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hickory Creek | 4.7 miles | 6 | |
| Durham | 5.0 miles | 8 | |
| Aberfoyle | 5.1 miles | 6 | |
| Midway | 6.4 miles | 6 | |
| Fairlie | 7.1 miles | 8 | |
| Hogeye | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| White Rock | 7.5 miles | 6 | |
| South Sulphur | 7.9 miles | 6 |
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 City | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969649 | 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 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.



