BlockPetersville, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yoakum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77995. The Survey maps it on the Yoakum quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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 Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Yoakum quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
29 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Petersville between 2006 and 2017, burning about 399 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 August 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FLORES |
| 29 July 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD CUERO RD |
| 26 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1198 CR 323 |
| 15 July 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2017 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017038 |
| 19 March 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 77A |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Petersville in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersville | $70,000 | High winds knocked down trees and caused damage to windows and roofs of buildings in the Westhoff and Petersville areas. At Cuero, winds blew in the walls a roof of a building. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersville | $5,000 | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 75 mph that uprooted a 30 foot tree northeast of Hochheim. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersville | $3,000 | A large tree was uprooted and numerous other trees were damaged at a residence when strong thunderstorm winds blew across the area. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Petersville | - | A thunderstorm produced hail up to the size of golf balls in Yoakum. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Petersville | - | Heavy rain from Tropical storm Bill caused flash flooding closing AltHwy77 northeast of Yoakum. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Petersville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing Kenedy and Dunn St. near City Park in Yoakum. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersville | - | In downtown Yoakum, an apparent microburst caused wind damage to several homes on the southeast side of Yoakum near the intersection of Highways 77 and 111. Tree damage, shingles off roofs, and some metal buildings were heavily damaged. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Petersville | - | A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 52 knots. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pearl City | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Yoakum | 3.8 miles | 9 | |
| Hochheim | 4.0 miles | 10 | |
| Steen | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Concrete | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Edgar | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Buchel | 11.3 miles | 10 | |
| Terryville | 11.5 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380346. 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.