Johnsville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Duffau-Clairette census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76457. The Survey maps it on the Johnsville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Johnsville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
167 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 167 fires within 5 miles of Johnsville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,290 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 91 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 31 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2007 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 111 GRASS 220 |
| 5 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009088 |
| 22 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM2481/CR539 |
| 14 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE HWY67 N |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Johnsville in 2 storm reports in 2011: 2 hail. 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Three Way | 0.8 miles | 13 | |
| Selden | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Duffau | 4.4 miles | 12 | |
| Chalk Mountain | 6.1 miles | 15 | |
| Welcome Valley | 7.6 miles | 15 | |
| Clairette | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Knob Hill | 10.0 miles | 14 | |
| Stephenville | 10.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378499. 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.





