Wortham, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Wortham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76693. The Survey maps it on the Wortham quadrangle. 980 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 476 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWortham fell from 1,082 to 980 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 | 1,082 | |
| 2010 | 1,073 | -9 (-1%) |
| 2020 | 980 | -93 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Wortham quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
147 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Wortham between 2001 and 2020, burning about 1,707 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 14 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 | 72 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 | Arson/incendiarism | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE-MUTUAL AID |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 29 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SW CR 2410 |
| 26 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POSS GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 September 2007 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wortham in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 5 hail, 5 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Wortham | $1,500,000 | High water rescues were conducted on FM 246 near Wortham. Numerous County Roads were under water and damaged from prolonged rainfall for much of the day. Nearly every road between Fairfield and Mexia and Fairfield and Wortham was under water. Numerous bridges were washed out or heavily damaged around the county. The Tawakoni Bridge on Interstate 45 was damaged. The Wortham City Hall was damaged by water in the building. The lake near Wortham overflowed its dam and flooded nearby roads with up to three feet of water. Many motorists were stranded in rural parts of the county. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Wortham | $5,000 | Power lines knocked down. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Wortham | $2,000 | Golf ball size hail was reported in Wortham. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Wortham | - | A trained spotter reported pea to dime sized hail in Wortham. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Wortham | - | Numerous roads closed due to high water across the county such as Hwy 75, FM 80 at CR1040 in Streetman and I-45 between MM 209 and 210 south of Streetman. |
| December 2015 | Flash Flood | Wortham | - | Flooding was reported across roads in Wortham. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Wortham | - | A NWS Storm Survey determined an EF-0 tornado occurred just west of Wortham. This tornado had a path length of approximately 0.8 miles and an estimated width of 100 yards. Mostly tree damage occurred with this tornado and winds were estimated at 75 mph. |
| December 2006 | Flash Flood | Wortham | - | Up to two feet of water was reported in and between Wortham and Kirvin along CR 27. |
| May 2000 | Flash Flood | Wortham | - | The Tehuacana Creek was reported out of its banks near Highway 27, east of Wortham. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Wortham | - | A tree was blown down on a road. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Wortham | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Wortham | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirvin | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Cotton Gin | 9.1 miles | 8 | |
| Streetman | 9.5 miles | 9 | |
| Simsboro | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Rhode Island | 12.4 miles | 7 | |
| Stewards Mill | 14.0 miles | 7 | |
| Teague | 14.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bonnerville | 16.0 miles | 7 |
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 Wortham | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969740 | 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 1350596. 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.



