Pottsville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76531. It stands on Baptist Branch. The Survey maps it on the Pottsville quadrangle. It stands 1,322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Pottsville quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Pottsville quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
80 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Pottsville between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,017 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 1 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 | 32 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARTIN |
| 4 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR623 |
| 26 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TOM MOORE |
| 17 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JERPME PIETZSCHE |
| 16 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PUFF |
| 1 September 2006 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 622 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
21 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pottsville in 21 storm reports between 1995 and 2024: 11 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 1 flood. 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 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottsville | $120,000 | Two mobile homes and a barn were destroyed, roofs were blown off, windows were blown out, and trees were uprooted by high winds. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Pottsville | $25,000 | Golfball sized hail and 80 mph winds were reported in Pottsville. |
| April 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottsville | $8,000 | Golfball sized hail and 80 mph winds were reported in Pottsville. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottsville | $4,000 | Trees were down in Pottsville and the Fire Department measured a 63 mph wind gust. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Pottsville | $3,000 | Trained spotters reported golf ball sized hail in Pottsville. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottsville | $2,000 | An Amateur Radio operator estimated 60 mph winds in Pottsboro. |
| May 2024 | Flash Flood | Pottsville | - | Emergency management reported that several county roads including 531, 612, 614, 615, 631, and 639, as well as a portion of US Hwy 84 were closed due to flooding. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Pottsville | - | A social media report indicated quarter sized hail about 13 miles southeast of Gustine, or 5 miles west of Pottsville, TX. |
| April 2022 | Hail | Pottsville | - | Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail in Pottsville, TX. |
| June 2014 | Hail | Pottsville | - | Quarter sized hail was reported between Hamilton and Pottsboro. |
| May 2013 | Flood | Pottsville | - | Hamilton County Sheriff's office reported several low water crossings were barricaded in and around the city of Hamilton. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Pottsville | - | FM 1702 from Indian Gap to the Comanche county line closed due to high water over the roadway. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Pottsville | - | Cowhouse Creek was out of its banks at Pottsville. Pottsville had 5.5 inches of rain during the early morning. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Pottsville | - | Farm-to-Market Road 218 was reported flooded. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Pottsville | - | Two mobile homes and a barn were destroyed, roofs were blown off, windows were blown out, and trees were uprooted by high winds. |
| April 2004 | Hail | Pottsville | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Pottsville | - | no account filed |
| January 2002 | Hail | Pottsville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pottsville | - | no account filed |
| June 1996 | Hail | Pottsville | - | no account filed |
| March 1995 | Hail | Pottsville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Springdale | 4.2 miles | 13 | |
| Indian Gap | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shive | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 6.7 miles | 13 | |
| Pecan Wells | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Schoolerville | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gentrys Mill | 9.8 miles | 15 | |
| McGirk | 10.7 miles | 13 |
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 Pottsville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7235407 | 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 1344442. 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.





