Poolville, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Weatherford Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76487. The Survey maps it on the Poolville quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1891 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Poolville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Weatherford quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Fort Worth quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
98 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 98 fires within 5 miles of Poolville between 1996 and 2016, burning about 14,412 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Debris and open burning | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4000 AGNES CIRCLE |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 110 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ADVENT FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILKINS FIRE |
| 26 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SILLY BURN BAN, CUTOFF WHEEL IS OK... |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOONES CREEK |
| 18 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SALT CREEK CANENRTE |
| 10 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | AGNES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Poolville in 23 storm reports between 1996 and 2026: 17 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 wildfire, 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 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poolville | $75,000 | A storm survey determined straight-line winds damaged a home on Creek Bend Dr located west of Advance and southwest of Poolville. This was the only home damaged on the street and it's elevation is notably higher than the surrounding neighbors. A lot of lightweight metal was damaged and parts of the well-built home shifted some, but not off the foundation. |
| October 2019 | Hail | Poolville | $10,000 | Fire and rescue reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Poolville, TX. |
| December 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poolville | $5,000 | Large metal panels were peeled back on a large metal barn near Poolville. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poolville | $500 | Large tree limbs were blown down from thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Poolville | - | Amateur radio operator relayed report of 1 inch hail in Poolville. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Poolville | - | Report of 1 inch hail from mPING. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Poolville | - | Amateur radio operator reported a 66 mph wind gust measured in Poolville. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Poolville | - | Public reported quarter sized hail near Poolville. |
| March 2023 | Tornado (EF1) | Poolville | - | The tornado developed along Pine Road west of Poolville, where the roof of a single family home sustained damaged. As the tornado tracked northeast, it produced extensive damage to trees across the northwestern side of Poolville including snapped trunks and uprooted trees. Structural damage includes the uplift and overturning of a metal garage structure near the intersection of Pine Road and Lone Star Road, roof and siding damage to a few single family residences, and the complete collapse of a large covered pavilion roof near the Poolville Cemetery. The tornado continued to move north-northeast towards the Wise County line producing additional damage to trees and several outdoor buildings along Clover Drive. Multiple manufactured homes along and just south of Highway 199 were damaged as the tornado crossed the county line, and 3 injuries reported in Wise County with damage in this area. The tornado appears to have lifted as it crossed Highway 199 with isolated damage noted beyond the end of the tornado track. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Poolville | - | Nickel sized hail was reported in Poolville. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Poolville | - | Fire and rescue reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of FM 920 and FM 3107 in the city of Poolville, TX. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Poolville | - | Hail up to the size of quarters was reported 2 miles south of Poolville. |
| March 2024 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| February 2022 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| March 2012 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| December 2002 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| March 2001 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| October 1998 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| March 1997 | Hail | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| February 1996 | Wildfire | Poolville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Poolville | - | 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.
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 Poolville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7228664 | 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 1344355. 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.






