Pidcoke, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Evant census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. It stands on Bee House Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pidcoke quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 16 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.
- 1894 USGS Gatesville quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1947 USGS Pidcoke quadrangle1:24000
- 1947 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Pidcoke quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Purmela quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Pidcoke quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
61 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 61 fires within 5 miles of Pidcoke between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,969 acres in total. None 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 | 31 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 529 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4650 CR 142 |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SIERRA VISTA FIRE |
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FORT HOOD FIRE |
| 5 August 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4820 TABLE ROCK RD |
| 5 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HARVEY'S VALLEY RD FIRE |
| 28 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 505 |
| 6 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5600 CR 142 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pidcoke in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pidcoke | $5,000 | Damage was reported to a property on Conder Road, approximately 8 miles southwest of Pidcoke. Large trees were uprooted, split, and damaged. Small outhouses were also overturned, and the skirting was removed off a manufactured home. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Pidcoke | $5,000 | Golfball-size hail covered the ground on Highway 116. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Pidcoke | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Tornado (F0) | Pidcoke | $4,000 | no account filed |
| September 2025 | Flash Flood | Pidcoke | $2,000 | A social media photo showed Bee House Creek had completely flooded CR 142 west of Pidcoke with several feet of water. |
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pidcoke | $2,000 | Trees were blown down. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Pidcoke | $1,000 | Cowhouse Creek at Pidcoke rose 16 feet in less than an hour. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Pidcoke | - | Reported via mPing. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Pidcoke | - | Cowhouse Creek at Pidcoke rose 10 feet in 40 minutes between 140 AM and 220 AM. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Pidcoke | - | Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail about a mile south-southwest of Pidcoke. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Pidcoke | - | Coryell County Sheriff's Department reported that CR 142 near Pidcoke was flooded. |
| April 2017 | Flash Flood | Pidcoke | - | Law enforcement reported continued flooding in the Pidcoke area and southern Coryell County. |
| January 2020 | Hail | Pidcoke | - | no account filed |
| February 2001 | Hail | Pidcoke | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Pidcoke | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Antelope Crossing | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Jackson Crossing | 3.4 miles | 15 | |
| Slater | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Topsey | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Saint Elijah Village | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Middle Crossing | 6.7 miles | 15 | |
| King | 7.1 miles | 17 | |
| House Crossing | 7.7 miles | 15 |
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 Pidcoke | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120397752 | 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 1365170. 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.








