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Johnsons Station, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Arlington census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76015. The Survey maps it on the Kennedale quadrangle. It stands 673 feet above sea level.

Johnsons Station within Tarrant County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

47 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 47 fires within 5 miles of Johnsons Station between 2005 and 2020, burning about 423 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined39
Arson/incendiarism5
Debris and open burning3

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
6 September 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALLEN AVE
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEADOWBROOK
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEDERVILLE RD
15 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMEADOWBROOK DR
13 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE IH 20
1 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEASTCHASE
4 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGREEN OAKS
30 July 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRAIG

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tarrant County

Storms near this place

10 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsons Station in 10 storm reports between 2007 and 2026: 6 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flood. The reports record 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2020Tornado (EF2)Johnsons Station5 hurtAn EF-2 tornado moved through Arlington producing mostly EF-0 and EF-1 damage, but a small area of EF-2 damage was found. The tornado began near West Mayfield Road and South Bowen Road where fence, shed and tree damage was found. The tornado traveled northeast from this location causing minor tree damage. Significant roof damage to several structures was noted along Colorado Lane. The tornado then crossed South Cooper Street and damaged a Burger Box fast food restaurant, Safelite AutoGlass store, and several warehouses in the area. The tornado damage in his location and along Colorado Lane was at EF-1 intensity. The tornado continued along an east-northeast track where it soon impacted the Waterdance and Mirage Apartments. Considerable roof damage was noted at these complexes, but the most significant damage occurred at the Waterdance Apartment complex. Large sections of the roof were ripped off of two buildings, resulting in an EF-2 rating at this location. From the apartment complex, the tornado weakened and traveled northeast for a few more miles before dissipating near East Park Row Drive and Carter Drive. Sporadic tree, siding, fence, and shingle damage was noted to the end of the path. The maximum winds with this tornado were around 115 mph. Five people were injured in this tornado, but none of the injuries were life threatening.
May 2011HailJohnsons Station$200,000Golfball to baseball sized hail fell at Interstate 20 and Bowen Road in Arlington for several minutes.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindJohnsons Station$50,000Measured at Arlington Airport. Two small planes overturned.
May 2024HailJohnsons Station$11,000Public report said two inch hail in Arlington.
April 2026HailJohnsons Station-Trained spotter reported 1 inch hail just southwest of Arlington.
April 2024HailJohnsons Station-Trained spotter reported quarter hail in Arlington.
May 2021HailJohnsons Station-Dime sized hail reported on Cross Creek Court in Arlington.
June 2021FloodJohnsons Station-Minor flooding was reported in Dalworthington Gardens.
April 2020HailJohnsons Station-Hail report received via mPing.
April 2007Thunderstorm WindJohnsons Station-On Grand Prairie/Arlington border.

Every storm recorded in Tarrant 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
Southland Acres1.3 miles18
Dalworthington Gardens1.6 miles16
Pantego2.1 miles16
University Park Village2.4 miles16
Arlington3.2 miles18
Sublett3.3 miles16
Tate Springs3.5 miles16
Lindberg4.6 miles16

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 Johnsons StationAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076506The 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 1338821. 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.