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Wylie, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Abilene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79606. The Survey maps it on the Buffalo Gap quadrangle.

Wylie within Taylor County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

418 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 418 fires within 5 miles of Wylie between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,997 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined143
Debris and open burning129
Equipment and vehicle use52
Power generation/transmission/distribution44
Smoking27
Arson/incendiarism8
Recreation and ceremony6
Natural4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks1

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 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCATTLE FEEDERS
9 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOLONY HILL
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use184 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAUTUMN SAGE
8 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN JOSE
6 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLDHAM LN & JACKRABBIT TRL
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJEFFERSON
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBUFFALO GAP
6 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service324 AVENIDA DE BACA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Taylor County

Storms near this place

50 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Wylie in 50 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 32 hail, 10 thunderstorm wind, 6 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
May 2015LightningWylie$10,000Lightning struck a vacant house on the 4000 Block of Inverrary Drive in Abilene. The roof was destroyed and the home was considered a total loss.
May 2025HailWylie-Public reported quarter size hail.
May 2025HailWylie-Public reported quarter size hail.
April 2025Flash FloodWylie-Public reported flash flooding across streets with a few vehicles stranded.
June 2025HailWylie-Public report of half dollar sized hail just west of Potosi.
March 2024Flash FloodWylie-The public reported flash flooding.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindWylie-Public reported 1 inch tree limbs broken and shingles were blown off roofs.
May 2024HailWylie-Public reported quarter size hail.
April 2023HailWylie-The public reported baseball size hail at Kirby Lake, just south of Loop 322.
April 2023HailWylie-The public reported tennis ball size hail 1 mile east of Kirby Lake.
April 2023HailWylie-The public reported tennis ball size hail 3 miles of Dyess AFB.
June 2023HailWylie-A picture of ping pong ball size hail was posted on Facebook.
June 2023HailWylie-Public reported half dollar size hail.
June 2023HailWylie-An Amateur Radio operator reported golf ball size hail 5 miles north-northeast of Buffalo Gap.
June 2023HailWylie-The report was from mping.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindWylie-A Facebook picture of a power pole blown down in south Abilene. The time was estimated from radar.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindWylie-A former NWS employee estimated wind gusts of around 70 mph.
May 2023HailWylie-The public reported quarter to ping pong ball size hail falling for 15 minutes.
May 2023HailWylie-A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail in Abilene.
May 2023HailWylie-A storm chaser reported golf ball size hail hitting cars and cracking windshields in Abilene. The video was posted on Twitter.
April 2021HailWylie-This report came from Twitter with photo of hail size.
April 2021HailWylie-This report came from Twitter at the intersection of Clark Road and U.S. Highway 83/84. This time was estimated from radar.
April 2021Flash FloodWylie-Abilene Police Department reported high water levels at South 27th Street.
April 2021HailWylie-Report from Mping.
April 2021HailWylie-This report came from Facebook.
April 2021HailWylie-This report came from Mping.
April 2021HailWylie-This report came from Mping.
April 2021HailWylie-This report came from Mping.
May 2021FloodWylie-There was at least a couple of inches of standing water on the road near the intersection of South Clack Street and Nonesuch Road.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWylie-A member of the public posted pictures on social media of several large tree limbs knocked down by damaging thunderstorm winds.
June 2019HailWylie-The broadcast media passed along a report of quarter size hail in south Abilene on social media.
May 2018Thunderstorm WindWylie-A trained spotter reported sections of residential fencing blown over and large tree limbs taken off trees on Rebecca Lane and Royal Court Circle in Abilene. Winds were estimated in excess of 60 mph along with half inch hail.
May 2016HailWylie-Quarter size hail was reported at Lake Kirby.
May 2016HailWylie-A trained spotter reported quarter size hail, 6 miles west-northwest of Potosi.
May 2016HailWylie-A storm chaser reported quarter size hail, 4 miles southwest of Abilene.
October 2015Flash FloodWylie-The intersection of Rebecca Lane and Catclaw Drive was flooded. There was one vehicle stalled at the intersection.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindWylie-Strong thunderstorm winds blew off siding of an apartment building on the southwest side of Abilene. A section of the roof was peeled off on one of the buildings.
May 2015HailWylie-The broadcast media reported quarter size hail at John Knox and Ridgemont Drive in Abilene.
April 2015Flash FloodWylie-Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in Abilene.
April 2015Flash FloodWylie-Heavy rainfall resulted in flash flooding in Abilene.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWylie-A local shop had all of its walls blown inward on Elmdale Road.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWylie-A carport awning was blown onto a vehicle at Warwick Apartments, near U.S. Highway 83 and Arrowhead Drive.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindWylie-This report came from a certified weather observer from Dyess Airforce Base.
October 2012HailWylie-This report came from a certified weather observer from Dyess Airforce Base.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindWylie-The public estimated a 60 MPH wind gust.
April 2011HailWylie-Baseball size hail was reported at 41st and Sayles, in Abilene.
April 2011HailWylie-Large hail was reported at 27th and Willis in Abilene.
April 2015HailWylie-no account filed
October 2009HailWylie-no account filed
April 2007HailWylie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Taylor 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
Caps3.8 miles15
Abilene5.7 miles17
View6.2 miles15
Potosi7.0 miles14
Buffalo Gap7.1 miles15
Tye7.8 miles18
Elmdale8.2 miles17
Impact8.9 miles17

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 WylieAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q8039914The 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 1350622. 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.