Terryville, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yoakum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77995. It stands on Tonqua Creek. The Survey maps it on the Terryville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Terryville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Terryville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 801 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 | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 August 2019 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CATTLE GUARD RD |
| 20 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 413 A |
| 24 July 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1223 CR 413 |
| 15 July 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 436 FIRE |
| 22 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE HWY 111 EAST |
| 24 March 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 December 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Terryville: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C W and A Incorporated | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
Storms near this place
3 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Terryville in 3 storm reports between 2012 and 2023: 3 flash 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 2023 | Flash Flood | Terryville | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing FM 1447 at FM 682 southwest of Terryville. |
| June 2015 | Flash Flood | Terryville | - | Heavy rain from Tropical storm Bill caused flash flooding closing three lanes of US77 northeast of Fordtran. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Terryville | - | Slow moving thunderstorms produced heavy rain which caused flash flooding. Water covered the road in numerous locations along FM 1447 between Cuero and Terryville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratton | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Yoakum | 8.0 miles | 9 | |
| Edgar | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Petersville | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Buchel | 11.9 miles | 10 | |
| Verhelle | 12.0 miles | 9 | |
| Concrete | 12.2 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl City | 12.6 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380648. 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.



