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Teaselville, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1946 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bullard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75757. The Survey maps it on the Saline Bay quadrangle. It stands 417 feet above sea level.

Teaselville within Smith County

On record in Teaselville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

284 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 284 fires within 5 miles of Teaselville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 848 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 11 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
Debris and open burning171
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Arson/incendiarism11
Equipment and vehicle use9
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural5
Recreation and ceremony3

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
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLPVFD - 1197 CR 3605
3 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG TIMBER AND OLD CAMBELL
26 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 349 CROCETTE (SBE) (140)
25 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE RIO HONDO (SBW) (9-25) (15:21) (096)
24 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 271 CR 3506 (138)
24 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-312
23 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIDGLEY CIR
22 September 2005Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 287

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Smith County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Teaselville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-Anhydrite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brooks Salt DomeHalite, Limestone, General, Gypsum-AnhydritePast Producer1865

Every working recorded in Smith County

Storms near this place

17 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Teaselville in 17 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood, 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
February 2008Thunderstorm WindTeaselville$60,000On Hwy 192 near 155 just southwest of Tyler, Texas...a roof was blown off a business. At Lakeway Harbor on Hwy. 155 near Lake Palestine, a few trees were blown down and a porch was blown off a mobile home. On Hwy. 346 near Hwy. 69, a resident had six pine trees snapped off and roof damage. Large tree limbs were also blown down along Hwy. 69.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindTeaselville$15,000A tree fell through a roof along Treasure Cove west of Bullard, Texas.
March 2026HailTeaselville-Nickel size hail reported in Emerald Bay.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-Trees downed near the intersection of FM Road 344 and FM Road 346.
March 2025HailTeaselville-Quarter size hail reported near the Teaselville community west of Bullard.
February 2024HailTeaselville-Ping pong ball size hail reported at the Emerald Bay Golf Club west of Bullard.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-Trees and large limbs downed in Emerald Bay.
May 2024Tornado (EF1)Teaselville-This is a continuation of the Southeast Henderson County tornado. This tornado moved across Lake Palestine as a waterspout as it crossed into extreme Southwest Smith County into Dogwood City along Highway 155, where a few small trees were uprooted and multiple large limbs were snapped. This tornado and associated damage continued to narrow as it crossed Highway 155, but still topped a few trees along County Road 1170, snapping several large branches and partially snapping a power pole, downing a power line across Lakeway Circle. The tornado then lifted as it moved into an inlet along Lake Palestine just west of Emerald Bay. The estimated maximum winds associated with the entire tornado track from Southeast Henderson County was 105 mph, although winds in extreme Southwest Smith County were estimated near 85 mph. The estimated maximum path width of the tornado was 480 yards, which was found in the Briarwood Bay subdivision in Coffee City in extreme Southeast Henderson County.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-A measured wind gust of 59 mph was reported in Emerald Bay.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-An anemometer from a personal weather station measured a 63 mph wind gust at Emerald Bay on Lake Palestine.
February 2020Flash FloodTeaselville-A high water rescue was performed on FM 346 near County Line Creek.
April 2019Flash FloodTeaselville-Several roads were covered in high water in the Emerald Bay subdivision near Lake Palestine.
October 2019Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-A roof was blown off of a house under construction on FM 344 near County Line Baptist Church between Teaselville and Bullard. In the vicinity of that location, a hay ring was moved, several trees were blown down, and large branches were broken.
October 2018HailTeaselville-Quarter size hail fell near the Teaselville community.
April 2017Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-Trees were blown down in the Emerald Bay subdivision.
November 2015Thunderstorm WindTeaselville-Trees were snapped southwest of Noonday, Texas.
August 2008Flash FloodTeaselville-County Road 189 near FM 344 was closed due to flooding.

Every storm recorded in Smith 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
Dogwood City2.8 miles16
Pine Trail Estates3.9 miles16
Bullard4.5 miles14
Lee Spring4.8 miles14
Flint4.9 miles14
New Hope5.0 miles14
Noonday6.1 miles16
Gresham6.3 miles14

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 TeaselvilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7691851The 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 1379141. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.