Meyersville, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Westhoff-Arneckville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77974. It stands on Boggy Branch. The Survey maps it on the Meyersville quadrangle. It stands 230 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1960 USGS Beeville quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Meyersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Goliad quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
42 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Meyersville between 2006 and 2018, burning about 646 acres in total. 1 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 | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN BREWER |
| 21 August 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LLOYD LANE |
| 18 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 237 - B HAUN RD |
| 12 August 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SONNY POWELL |
| 1 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUELLER-LANGE RD |
| 28 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOHN P. JANK |
| 28 July 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NOLL 7/28/14 |
| 27 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 07272011-GARY HALEPESKA |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Meyersville: 1 prospect. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Uranium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goliad Project | Uranium | Prospect |
Storms near this place
8 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Meyersville in 8 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 5 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 1994 | Hail | Meyersville | $50,000 | The Sheriff's Department reported golf ball-sized hail at Meyersville. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Meyersville | $50,000 | Golf ball-sized hail was reported at Meyersville by the Dewitt County Shieriff's Department. |
| November 2025 | Hail | Meyersville | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to golf ball size in Meyersville. Most of the hail was less than quarter size. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Upper Meyersville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported low water crossings flooded on FM 237 between Yorktown and Hwy 183. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Lower Meyersville | - | Heavy rain from Tropical storm Bill caused flash flooding. Several roads were closed in the county including FM418, Mission Valley-Myersville Rd, and Hwy87. |
| May 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Meyersville | - | The County Sheriff's Office reported a tornado near United States Highway 183 and CR237. Several large limbs were blown down in the City of Cuero and a few trees were uprooted. The public reported a tornado near Meyersville. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Meyersville | - | Baseball-size hail was reported in Meyersville, the hail fell for a 30 minute period. Golf ball-size hail was reported six miles south of Cuero between Meyersville and Radcliff. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Meyersville | - | Baseball-size hail was reported in Meyersville, the hail fell for a 30 minute period. Golf ball-size hail was reported six miles south of Cuero between Meyersville and Radcliff. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Upper Meyersville | 1.9 miles | 7 | |
| Golly | 2.9 miles | 7 | |
| Arneckeville | 4.9 miles | 7 | |
| Thomaston | 9.6 miles | 7 | |
| Verhelle | 10.2 miles | 9 | |
| Yorktown | 10.7 miles | 8 | |
| Cuero | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lindenau | 13.4 miles | 10 |
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 Meyersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q3477739 | 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 1377594. 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.




