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Topsey, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Copperas Cove census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76522. The Survey maps it on the Twin Mountains quadrangle.

Topsey within Coryell County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 15 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

55 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 55 fires within 5 miles of Topsey between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,720 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Debris and open burning18
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined130 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFORT PANIC FIRE
5 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4820 TABLE ROCK RD
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service704175
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service704181
4 July 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKUBITZ FIRE
4 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 580 (180728071)
27 July 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH SIDE TABLE ROCK (18072069)

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Coryell County

Storms near this place

11 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Topsey in 11 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 6 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Topsey$90,000A National Weather Service damage survey team found evidence of a nearly six mile tornado path across much of Coryell County and an extremely small part of Fort Hood. The tornado began near Farm to Market Road 580 where it crosses Table Rock Creek. From there, the tornado moved north, and eventually northeast before it dissipated just east of Farm to Market Road 116 near Shell Mountain Road. There were six homes which suffered damage, including one which had the roofing material removed. The most extensive damage was done to an historic cemetery, where all but one tree was damaged, uprooted, or both.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindTopsey$50,000Significant damage occurred to a double wide home on CR 118 north of Topsey. Strong winds destroyed three sheds, one of which was a car shed. The winds also tore shingles off the roof and the side of the home. Some eaves of the home were also damaged, and a 2x4 was driven though a wall. Three holes were created in the home and rainwater entered the home through the holes causing significant water damage. Also on the property, cattle fences were damaged.
May 2011HailTopsey$25,000Hail stones ranging from 2 to just over 3 in diameter fell in Topsey.
July 2009Thunderstorm WindTopsey$12,000The metal roof of a barn on Luthern Church Road was blown off. A second barn in the same area was also damaged.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindTopsey$10,000Damage to two sheds occurred at the Topsey Exotic Ranch. The roof was blown off one shed and the tin bent up on another shed. A flagpole was also bent.
October 2009HailTopsey$500Hail the size of a thumb fell north of Topsey. The amount of hail was large enough to nearly cover the ground.
July 2025Flash FloodTopsey-Amateur radio reported an area of impacted or closed roads due to high water between Copperas Cove and Pidcoke, including Cactus Lane at Wagon Wheel, West Avenue B from North 11th to Northern Dove Lane, and Summers Road at Ashley Drive.
March 2021HailTopsey-A trained spotter reported ping pong ball size hail.
May 2011HailTopsey-no account filed
May 2011HailTopsey-no account filed
September 1996HailTopsey-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Coryell 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
Antelope Crossing6.3 miles15
Pidcoke6.6 miles16
Copperas Cove7.9 miles16
Jackson Crossing8.1 miles15
Slater8.6 miles16
House Crossing9.6 miles15
Comanche Village III10.1 miles15
Middle Crossing10.1 miles15

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 TopseyAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q120972626The 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 1370019. 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.