Vancourt, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the East Tom Green census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76955. The Survey maps it on the Vancourt quadrangle. It stands 1,867 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1892 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Eola quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Vancourt quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS San Angelo quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
34 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Vancourt between 2005 and 2020, burning about 374 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 4 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FUCHS FIRE #2 |
| 31 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 765 |
| 25 August 2010 | Natural | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US 87 SOUTH & FORT MC KAVNETT ROAD |
| 24 August 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12469 U.S. 87 SOUTH |
| 19 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OXLEY RD AND 87 #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
22 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Vancourt in 22 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 18 hail, 3 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. The reports record 2 injuries. 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 1995 | Tornado (F1) | Vancourt | 2 hurt, $250,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF0) | Vancourt | $50,000 | The NWS storm survey revealed the tornado destroyed 20 sheep shelters, damaged irrigation equipment, overturned an RV travel trailer and removed tin from a large outbuilding. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Vancourt | $40,000 | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Vancourt | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Vancourt | - | Public reported quarter size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vancourt | - | Law enforcement reported golf ball size hail. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vancourt | - | Public reported slightly larger than apple size hail 4.5 miles west-southwest of Vancourt. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Vancourt | - | Public reported grapefruit size hail 4.5 miles west-southwest of Vancourt. |
| May 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Vancourt | - | Brief touchdown near the Tom Green and Concho County line. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Vancourt | - | Large hail fell between Vancourt and Eola, along the Concho/Tom Green county line. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| June 2019 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| November 2011 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| March 2007 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| June 2001 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Vancourt | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Vancourt | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wall | 7.2 miles | 13 | |
| Mereta | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Veribest | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Sixmile Crossing | 12.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mullins Crossing | 13.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sixteen Mile Crossing | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Seventeen Mile Crossing | 14.1 miles | 14 | |
| Alvery Junction | 15.9 miles | 17 |
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 Vancourt | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4164148 | 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 1380708. 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.






