Copeville, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Farmersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75173. It stands on Price Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lavon quadrangle. It stands 554 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1924 USGS Farmersville 3-c quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Farmersville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Lavon quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
258 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 258 fires within 5 miles of Copeville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,047 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 | 148 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15571 CR 543 - 11076947 |
| 8 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9641 COUNTY ROAD 1088 - 12076362 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 78 & FM 6 - 11075970 |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18654 CR 913 - 11075679 |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W FM 6 / N STATE HIGHWAY 78 - 14099438 |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9597 COUNTY ROAD 1088 |
| 29 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | COUNTY ROAD 966 AND COUNTY ROAD 487 |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1154 ROLLING MEADOW DR - 14098364 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Copeville in 5 storm reports between 1996 and 2015: 2 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. The reports record 2 deaths and 119 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF2) | Copeville | 2 killed, 119 hurt, $1,400,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey team found damage consistent with an EF-2 tornado in and near Copeville. The damage began in a residential area, damaging over 30 homes. The strongest part of the storm was along State Highway 78, where several businesses were destroyed, including a gas station / convenience store at SH 78 and FM 1778, where two people were killed. The tornado had a serpentine path, going on both sides of SH 78, before lifting in an open field about halfway between Copeville and Farmersville. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeville | $150,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds rolled a mobile home onto its top in the community of Copeville. No one was home at the time of the incident. Other substantial wind damage was reported in Copeville including the exterior metal roof of another mobile home was also peeled off. Outbuildings, sheds, playground equipment, trees, and fences were also damaged in the community. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Copeville | $5,000 | A 62 MPH wind gust was measured near the intersection of Highway 78 and CR 549 on the east side of Lake Lavon. Power flashes were also reported. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Copeville | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Hail | Copeville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pebble Beach Sunset Acres | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Little Ridge | 2.4 miles | 11 | |
| Deep Water Point Estates | 2.5 miles | 11 | |
| New Mesquite | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Lavon Beach Estates | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Nevada | 3.4 miles | 9 | |
| Yucote Acres | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Lavon | 3.7 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 Copeville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1088876 | 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 1333321. 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.





