BlockTurcotte, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1928 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Sarita census division. The Survey maps it on the Turcotte quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveysMatched 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.
- 1928 USGS Sarita quadrangle1:125000
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Sarita quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Baffin Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
23 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Turcotte between 2011 and 2019, burning about 2,822 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENEDY FOUNDATION |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENEDY TRUST-JUANITA GATE ROAD |
| 27 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY TRUCK FIRE |
| 31 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARMSTRONG SOUTHBOUND FIRES |
| 28 July 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MILE 726 BRUSH FIRE |
| 13 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AEP FIRE |
| 30 June 2013 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEST TURCOTTE GATE FIRE |
| 27 June 2012 | Smoking | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UNION PACIFIC FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turcotte in 2 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 2 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2025 | Hail | Turcotte | - | Border Patrol reported golf ball size hail at a checkpoint 14 miles south of Sarita, TX or 6.5 miles north of Armstrong, TX. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Turcotte | - | Border patrol checkpoint 15 miles south of Sarita reported predominantly nickel size hail with embedded quarter size hail. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armstrong | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Sarita | 14.8 miles | 8 | |
| Norias | 15.0 miles | 11 | |
| Julian | 16.9 miles | 11 | |
| La Parra Landing | 19.0 miles | 12 | |
| Rudolph | 22.2 miles | 13 | |
| Yarborough | 26.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379180. 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.