Kopperl, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1889 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Meridian census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76652. It stands on Plowman Creek. The Survey maps it on the Morgan quadrangle. 164 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1889 USGS Granbury quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Morgan quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cleburne quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
150 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 150 fires within 5 miles of Kopperl between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,963 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 | 83 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5416 |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 2850 |
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1191 BAILER FIRE |
| 6 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 24 |
| 6 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5316 |
| 30 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3415 |
| 19 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONTROLLED BURN |
| 12 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1104 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kopperl: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Calcium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blum Quarry and Plant | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
14 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kopperl in 14 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 9 hail, 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Kopperl | 1 killed, $20,000 | According to late published newspaper reports, a man was found dead inside his truck which was submerged in a creek that feeds into the upper end of Lake Whitney / Brazos River in Bosque County. Reports suggest the truck was driving on Bosque County Road 1190, when the vehicle was swept off the roadway. |
| May 2001 | Tornado (F0) | Kopperl | $20,000 | A tornado downed numerous trees in the community and caused minor roof damage. A mobile home was damaged northeast of town. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kopperl | $10,000 | A concession stand was blown into the road at Highway 56 and Highway 174 just north of Kopperl. In the same area, a home on County Road 1190 off of Highway 174 sustained roof damage. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Kopperl | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Kopperl | - | A trained spotter reported quarter sized hail between Kopperl and Lakeside Village. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Kopperl | - | Hail up to the size of dimes was reported on the west side of Lake Whitney near Kopperl. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kopperl | - | Golf ball size hail fell along Highway 174. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Kopperl | - | Strong winds blew down large tree limbs. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Kopperl | - | Nickel-size hail covered the ground two inches deep on Highway 6. |
| May 2005 | Hail | Kopperl | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Kopperl | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Kopperl | - | no account filed |
| January 1998 | Hail | Kopperl | - | no account filed |
| October 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Kopperl | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kimball (historical) | 2.9 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside Village | 3.4 miles | 18 | |
| Morgan | 6.6 miles | 17 | |
| Cedar Shores | 9.9 miles | 16 | |
| Brazos Point | 10.1 miles | 18 | |
| Eulogy | 10.6 miles | 17 | |
| Lakewood Harbor | 12.3 miles | 16 | |
| Meridian | 13.0 miles | 13 |
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 Kopperl | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6431173 | 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 1339225. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





