Coupland, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78615. The Survey maps it on the Coupland quadrangle. 289 people lived here at the 2020 count.
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 Elgin quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Elgin quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1982 USGS Coupland quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
16 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Coupland between 2006 and 2017, burning about 123 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-8170017 |
| 17 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 463 FIRE |
| 27 July 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 June 2008 | Natural | 22 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 May 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WCSO MA |
| 16 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 456 MA |
| 11 March 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
9 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Coupland in 9 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 5 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coupland | $100,000 | Severe thunderstorms produced winds that damaged windows and roofs in and around the Coupland area. The winds also blew over a trailer. |
| July 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Coupland | $10,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph. These winds damaged roof shingles on multiple homes, an outdoor fountain, a recreational vehicle, and knocked down tree limbs. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Coupland | - | A thunderstorm produced four inch diameter hail off of CR 460 in Coupland. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Coupland | - | A thunderstorm produced 2.5 inch diameter hail in Coupland. |
| September 2018 | Flash Flood | Coupland | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing several roads in and around Coupland. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Coupland | - | A thunderstorm produced penny size hail in Coupland. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Coupland | - | Thunderstorms produced 2 to 3 inch rain totals over extreme eastern Williamson County with up to 4 inches near Coupland. Among the Williamson County roads due to high water were FM619 and FM973. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Coupland | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Coupland | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Rices Crossing | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Beyersville | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Normans Crossing | 5.8 miles | 17 | |
| Siloam | 6.0 miles | 16 | |
| Norman | 6.1 miles | 17 | |
| Structure | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Taylor | 7.7 miles | 15 |
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 Coupland | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5178006 | 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 1355183. 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.







