Turnersville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Turnersville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76528. It stands on Goldys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Turnersville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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 Meridian quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Meridian quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Turnersville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Mosheim quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
74 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 74 fires within 5 miles of Turnersville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 746 acres in total. 4 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 | 29 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 546 |
| 8 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 18-OCT |
| 7 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 444 |
| 6 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 437 |
| 5 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 65 |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 26-NOV |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Turnersville in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2023: 5 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 flood, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnersville | $20,000 | Two 13' x 150' sheds holding chickens, geese, and quail were destroyed by an isolated downburst. Both structures rolled, killing or injuring some of the birds and releasing others. |
| April 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnersville | $3,000 | Large trees were blown onto houses. |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnersville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnersville | $1,000 | Large trees were knocked down in Turnersville in northern Coryell County. Minor damage was reported at the fire station. |
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Turnersville | - | Coryell County Sheriff's Office reported the closure of the Highway 182/Hwy 217 intersection due to water over the road. |
| October 2013 | Flood | Turnersville | - | Four roads in Coryell County were barricaded overnight due to heavy rainfall from thunderstorms. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Turnersville | - | Two trees blown down. |
| February 2000 | Hail | Turnersville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Turnersville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Turnersville | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Turnersville | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Turnersville | - | 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.
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 Turnersville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4116449 | 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 1370299. 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.






