Wyldwood, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Cedar Creek-Red Rock census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78612. It lies near Caldwell Knob. The Survey maps it on the Utley quadrangle. 3,694 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresWyldwood grew from 2,310 to 3,694 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 | 2,310 | |
| 2010 | 2,505 | +195 (+8%) |
| 2020 | 3,694 | +1,189 (+47%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1885 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1948 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1950 USGS Bastrop quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Utley quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
320 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 320 fires within 5 miles of Wyldwood between 1992 and 2018, burning about 1,505 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 240 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARTIN LN |
| 9 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 362 OLD 71 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TUCK ST |
| 7 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 719 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNION CHAPEL |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 310 WILBARGER BEND RD |
| 30 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POPE BEND RD S |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Wyldwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berdoll Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Creek | 3.3 miles | 17 | |
| Elysium | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Utley | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Shiloh (historical) | 5.4 miles | 15 | |
| Phelan | 8.0 miles | 16 | |
| Bastrop | 8.4 miles | 17 | |
| Clearview | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Rockne | 9.5 miles | 11 |
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 Wyldwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969921 | 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 1867576. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







