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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.

Poolville within Parker County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

98 since 1996

Regional 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/undetermined34
Debris and open burning28
Equipment and vehicle use17
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Smoking4
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4000 AGNES CIRCLE
6 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceADVENT FIRE
5 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILKINS FIRE
26 September 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2011Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILLY BURN BAN, CUTOFF WHEEL IS OK...
23 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOONES CREEK
18 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSALT CREEK CANENRTE
10 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceAGNES

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Parker County

Storms near this place

23 since 1996

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2025Thunderstorm WindPoolville$75,000A 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 2019HailPoolville$10,000Fire and rescue reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Poolville, TX.
December 2022Thunderstorm WindPoolville$5,000Large metal panels were peeled back on a large metal barn near Poolville.
October 1998Thunderstorm WindPoolville$500Large tree limbs were blown down from thunderstorm winds.
March 2026HailPoolville-Amateur radio operator relayed report of 1 inch hail in Poolville.
April 2026HailPoolville-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPoolville-Amateur radio operator reported a 66 mph wind gust measured in Poolville.
April 2024HailPoolville-Public reported quarter sized hail near Poolville.
March 2023Tornado (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 2021HailPoolville-Nickel sized hail was reported in Poolville.
May 2020HailPoolville-Fire and rescue reported quarter sized hail near the intersection of FM 920 and FM 3107 in the city of Poolville, TX.
April 2015HailPoolville-Hail up to the size of quarters was reported 2 miles south of Poolville.
March 2024HailPoolville-no account filed
February 2022HailPoolville-no account filed
March 2012HailPoolville-no account filed
March 2007HailPoolville-no account filed
December 2002HailPoolville-no account filed
March 2001HailPoolville-no account filed
May 2000HailPoolville-no account filed
October 1998HailPoolville-no account filed
March 1997HailPoolville-no account filed
February 1996WildfirePoolville-no account filed
June 1996HailPoolville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Parker County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Agnes3.7 miles17
Advance4.3 miles18
Goshen6.0 miles18
Adell7.1 miles18
Peaster7.1 miles17
Carter7.8 miles18
Whitt8.6 miles18
Authon8.7 miles18

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 PoolvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7228664The 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.