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Camp County, Texas

32 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases across 1 place.

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Texas within the United States
Camp County within Texas
Explore by year 1879 1897

What the record shows

  • 1 place in this county was surveyed for fire insurance: Pittsburg, between 1885 and 1942.
  • 9 fire insurance atlases survive for the county. Topographic coverage is national; fire insurance survey reached only incorporated places with something worth insuring.
  • 161 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 15 populated places in this county; 15 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

2

Drawn when these were printed as single large sheets: the town seen from the air, and the county divided into its farms with every owner named. Each opens the original at the Library of Congress.

Land ownership map, 1879 - Camp Co., Texas
Land ownership map (1879) - Camp Co., Texas. Library of Congress.
Land ownership map, 1897 - Camp Co
Land ownership map (1897) - Camp Co. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

24 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 327 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 24 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-09-30, scale 1:70000
1949-09-30, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-08-13, scale 1:20000
1957-08-13, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-08-13, scale 1:20000
1957-08-13, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-08-13, scale 1:20000
1957-08-13, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-08-13, scale 1:20000
1957-08-13, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-07, scale 1:20000
1958-04-07, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1958-04-07, scale 1:20000
1958-04-07, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-11, scale 1:17200
1964-02-11, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-11, scale 1:17200
1964-02-11, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-11, scale 1:17200
1964-02-11, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1964-02-11, scale 1:17200
1964-02-11, scale 1:17200. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-14, scale 1:80000
1978-03-14, scale 1:80000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-16, scale 1:64500
1979-11-16, scale 1:64500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-16, scale 1:64333
1979-11-16, scale 1:64333. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-16, scale 1:64333
1979-11-16, scale 1:64333. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-11-16, scale 1:64333
1979-11-16, scale 1:64333. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:65428
1980-02-26, scale 1:65428. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:65428
1980-02-26, scale 1:65428. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:65428
1980-02-26, scale 1:65428. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1980-02-26, scale 1:65428
1980-02-26, scale 1:65428. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

4 stations, 1 gage

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, and the gages that measured the flow of its streams, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

The 1950 census, district by district

16 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

  • 32-1Justice Precinct 1: Pittsburg city: Pittsburg city - That part Bounded by City limits; City limits; Daingerfield, Jefferson, Quitman; St. Louis Southwestern Railway
  • 32-2Pittsburg city - That part Bounded by Quitman, Jefferson, Daingerfield; City limits; City limits; St. Louis Southwestern Railway
  • 32-3Pittsburg city - That part Bounded by Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company; St. Louis Southwestern Railway; City limits; City limits
  • 32-4Pittsburg city - That part Bounded by City limits; St. Louis Southwestern Railway; Louisiana Railway and Navigation Company; City limits
  • 32-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part north of Louisiana and Arkansas Railway and west of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, outside Pittsburg city
  • 32-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part east of St. Louis Southwestern Railway and north of Louisiana and Arkansas Railway, outside Pittsburg city
  • 32-7Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Louisiana and Arkansas Railway and north and east of Unnamed road extending south - eastward from Pittsburg city to Justice Precinct 4 line, outside Pittsburg city
  • 32-8Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Unnamed road extending south - eastward from Pittsburg city to Justice Precinct line and east of St. Louis Southwestern Railway, outside Pittsburg city
  • 32-9BJustice Precinct 1 - That part Bounded by Line X; St. Louis Southwestern Railway; County line, Precinct line; Precinct line
  • 32-9AJustice Precinct 1 - That part Bounded by Louisiana and Arkansas Railway Pittsburg city limits, St. Louis Southwestern Railway; Line X Precinct line
  • 32-10Justice Precinct 2: Justice Precinct 2 - That part north of State Hwy. 11
  • 32-11Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of State Hwy. 11
  • 32-12Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part west and south of Unnamed road extending south from Justice Precinct line, east of Club Lake Ferndale and west of Matinburg to Upshur County line
  • 32-13Justice Precinct 3 - That part east of Unnamed road extending southward from Justice Precinct line, west of Matinburg to Upshur County line
  • 32-14Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Prairie Creek
  • 32-15Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Prairie Creek

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,026 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,026 of them, burning about 5,232 acres. 38 started naturally and 63 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning647
Missing data/not specified/undetermined138
Arson/incendiarism63
Equipment and vehicle use59
Power generation/transmission/distribution47
Natural38
Smoking14
Railroad operations and maintenance9
Recreation and ceremony5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Fireworks2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. One of them was set deliberately.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 August 2006Equipment and vehicle use180 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFERNDALE LAKE FIRE - 580
20 February 1996Debris and open burning170 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 September 2005Smoking130 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 354
11 March 2011Debris and open burning100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service3520
7 February 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 December 2005Debris and open burning90 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 467
27 July 1998Arson/incendiarism80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 April 1996Debris and open burning80 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1962 to 2026

60 of 222 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 222 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 5 injuries and about $1,938,250 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind117
Hail74
Flash Flood17
Tornado14

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2025Thunderstorm WindPittsburg1 killedTree downed onto a manufactured home southwest of Pittsburg.
March 2025Tornado (EF1)Leesburg3 hurt, $250,000This EF1 tornado was the continuation of a tornado that began in Franklin County. At this point, damage was difficult to locate as the tornado skirted the southern shore of Lake Bob Sandlin. Some tree damage indicative of a tornado was found along County Road 2417 and along Farm-to-Market Road 21. Move extensive tree damage was found beginning at County Road 2332, County Road 2330, and within the Thunderbird community just south of Lake Bob Sandlin. As the tornado continued east and moved along FM 1520, several structures were damaged at a fishing and recreational vehicle|campground. One outbuilding used as a cabin that was sitting on wooden beams and cinder blocks was blown away and destroyed. The cabin was blown into a neighboring RV, which was then overturned. Another RV was also overturned in this campground. Three injuries occurred to occupants of the RV campers. The tornado then crossed a cove of Lake Bob Sandlin, and damage started to become much more sporadic. More hardwood and softwood trees were snapped just north of Highway 255 and again just west of U.S. Highway 271 south of the Camp/Titus County Line where the tornado finally lifted. The tornado tracked nearly 8 miles across northern Camp County.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPittsburg1 hurt, $10,000A tree fell on a vehicle what a person inside. Person was taken to the hospital with minor injuries reported.
September 1996Tornado (F0)Newsome1 hurt, $10,000no account filed
April 2014Tornado (EF0)Pittsburg$500,000NWS conducted a storm survey in Camp County and determined that a weak EF0 tornado touched down just north of Pittsburg, Texas. This storm damaged a few businesses along Hwy. 271. A number of billboard signs were damaged and a few businesses sustained roof damage and wall damage. A local bank was able to capture video of the small tornado with its outside security camera. Estimated peak winds with this small tornado were estimated to be between 70 and 75 mph.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$250,000The roof of a local hotel was almost entirely ripped off.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindHarvard$250,000Numerous trees were downed north of Pittsburg, Texas including trees on some homes.
May 1979Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$50,000Trees downed across a gas line causing a fire in the community of Centerpoint, Texas.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$50,000A 200 foot radio tower was destroyed by high winds. Damage also occurred to a storage building and a private business. Numerous county roads and at least two rairoad lines were covered with downed trees.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindPine$50,000Trees and power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$40,000Several trees were downed along with a barn that was blow down and powerlines north of Leesburg between Leesburg and Lake Bob Sandlin. Several roads were blocked by fallen trees as well.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$40,000A large tree fell on top of a home in Pittsburg, Texas on Camp County Road 1332. There were no reports of injuries.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindNewsome$30,000The wind damaged the siding to several homes and a large wooden pool enclosure was destroyed.
December 2015Flash FloodPittsburg$30,000Widespread flooding was reported across all of Camp County, Texas with several high water rescues of people in automobiles in Pittsburg, Texas.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindHarvard$20,000A tree was downed on a home northwest of Pittsburg, Texas.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindLeesburg$20,000Roof damage to a home was reported on CR. 2430.
December 2012Thunderstorm WindHarvard$20,000A tree was downed onto a mobile home north of Pittsburg, Texas. There was no report of injuries.
April 1995HailPittsburg$15,000Windows from several buisnesses and county offices were broken by large hail.
April 2011Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$10,000A large tree was down on a house at FM 21 about one mile off Hwy. 11 west.
January 2001Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$6,000Roof was blown off a storage building.
August 1994Thunderstorm Windnot stated$5,000Trees were blown down by high winds.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindGreen Hill$5,000Trees were blown down by high winds.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$5,000Power lines were blown down.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$5,000Three trees were blown down by high winds at Highway 259 and FM 557.
August 1994Thunderstorm WindMount Pleasant$5,000Trees were blown down by high winds.
October 1993Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$5,000Trees blown were down by thunderstorm winds.
May 1967Tornado (F2)not stated$2,500no account filed
June 2011Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$2,000Several trees were downed near Broach and Elm Streets. A fence was also blown down.
July 2014Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$1,000Tin roof damage was reported at Loop 179 and Hwy. 271. Trees were downed across the entire county.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$1,000Trees were downed resulting in power outages in Pittsburg, Texas. One tree fell on top of the First Presbyterian Church. The damage to the church was minimal.
January 1993Thunderstorm WindPittsburg$500Power lines were downed.
January 1973Tornado (F1)not stated$250no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A large tree was snapped and fell onto a home in Pittsburg, resulting in minor damage.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Trees uprooted along Highway 11 east of FM Road 21 west of Pittsburg.
April 2026Thunderstorm WindPine-Roof damage was observed to a metal outbuilding.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindPine-Report from Mping.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHarvard-Camper trailers overturned at Big Al's Barefoot Bay north of Rocky Mound.
April 2025Flash FloodPittsburg-South Texas Street was flooded.
August 2025Flash FloodPittsburg-Flooding reported along multiple roads across Camp County.
August 2025Flash FloodPine-Flash flooding reported along County Road 1330, with additional flooding near the intersection of County Road 1330 and FM Road 556, and along FM Road 2254 and County Road 1342.
November 2025Flash FloodPittsburg-Flash flooding with high water reported along FM Road 556 and 557 near Pittsburg.
April 2024HailHarvard-Golf ball size hail reported near Lake Bob Sandlin Dam.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Numerous trees and power lines downed across Camp County.
May 2024HailLeesburg-Ping pong ball size hail reported in the Leesburg community.
March 2023Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-A tree was downed on a power line along County Road 1342 in Pittsburg.
June 2023HailPine-Quarter size hail reported just northeast of the Pine community.
June 2023HailPittsburg-Nickel size hail reported on the west side of Pittsburg.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Numerous trees and power lines down, especially concentrated across the western half of Camp County.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPittsburg-Multiple trees downed and blocking roads in Camp County, along with widespread power outages.
July 2023Thunderstorm WindNewsome-Trees and power lines were downed in the Newsome community.
November 2022Tornado (EF1)Center Pt-A damage survey team initially found damage east of Pittsburg in Camp County, Texas in association with a northeastward moving supercell thunderstorm which eventually went on to produce four tornadoes through northeast Texas and into southwest Arkansas. This initial EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds of 95 mph produced only minor tree damage, beginning near FM-2254 and traveling a few miles through rural areas before ending near CR-4244.
May 2021HailPittsburg-Golf ball size hail fell near the Rocky Mound community.
May 2021HailHarvard-Golf ball size hail fell near Lake Bob Sandlin on County Road 2320.
May 2021HailHarvard-Quarter to half dollar size hail fell on the north side of Pittsburg, breaking a car window.
May 2021HailHarvard-Ping pong ball size hail fell at the Walker Creek Apartments north of Pittsburg.
May 2021HailHarvard-Golfball size hail fell north of Pittsburg.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Several large limbs were downed in Leesburg. Winds were estimated to be near 60 mph.
October 2021Thunderstorm WindMatinburg-Tree down in a pasture along FM2455.
May 2020Thunderstorm WindLeesburg-Trees were downed at the 5000 block of Highway 11 West.

Mines and quarries

3 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 3 workings inside this county. 2 still produce and 1 is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity Workings
Sulfur2
Silica1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer
Delhi Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Shell Oil Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer

Every populated place in the county

15

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on. The 1 place that was also surveyed for fire insurance comes first, with the number of atlases and photographs held for them.

Recorded here

Pittsburg, Texas

12 topographic sheets and 9 fire insurance atlases, 1885 to 1942

Provenance

  • Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
  • Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
  • Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
  • 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.