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Panola County, Texas

47 topographic sheets cover 35 settlements here, and 3 properties are on the National Register of Historic Places.

Research this county

From the record

3 National Register listings published here.

Sources: the National Register database, National Park Service

Texas within the United States
Panola County within Texas

What the record shows

  • 497 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
  • 3 properties here are on the National Register of Historic Places: 2 buildings and 1 object.
  • 2 of the 3 listings were added during the 1970s.
  • The Geographic Names Information System records 36 populated places in this county; 35 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

Places on the National Register

3

Every property in this county listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with the year it was listed and the federal nomination document.

Photograph PropertyType ListedReference
International Boundary Markerobject197777001463
Methodist Church Concordbuilding198080004144
Panola County Jailbuilding197676002057

Bird's-eye views and land ownership maps

1

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, 1897 - Map of Panola County
Land ownership map (1897) - Map of Panola County. Library of Congress.

The county from the air

48 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 1,211 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 48 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, 1949-11-01, scale 1:70000
1949-11-01, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-01, scale 1:70000
1949-11-01, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-01, scale 1:70000
1949-11-01, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1949-11-01, scale 1:70000
1949-11-01, scale 1:70000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-15, scale 1:69000
1952-04-15, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-04-15, scale 1:69000
1952-04-15, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-05, scale 1:69000
1952-12-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1952-12-05, scale 1:69000
1952-12-05, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1953-01-24, scale 1:69000
1953-01-24, scale 1:69000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-28, scale 1:28000
1954-03-28, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-28, scale 1:28000
1954-03-28, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-28, scale 1:28000
1954-03-28, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1954-03-28, scale 1:28000
1954-03-28, scale 1:28000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-11, scale 1:34000
1956-11-11, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-11, scale 1:34000
1956-11-11, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-25, scale 1:34000
1956-11-25, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-11-25, scale 1:34000
1956-11-25, scale 1:34000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-21, scale 1:34300
1957-02-21, scale 1:34300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-21, scale 1:34300
1957-02-21, scale 1:34300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-21, scale 1:34300
1957-02-21, scale 1:34300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1957-02-21, scale 1:34300
1957-02-21, scale 1:34300. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-12-09, scale 1:21670
1963-12-09, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-12-09, scale 1:21670
1963-12-09, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-12-09, scale 1:21670
1963-12-09, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1963-12-09, scale 1:21670
1963-12-09, scale 1:21670. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:24000
1969-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:24000
1969-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:24000
1969-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1969-02-12, scale 1:24000
1969-02-12, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-08, scale 1:20000
1971-02-08, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-08, scale 1:20000
1971-02-08, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-08, scale 1:20000
1971-02-08, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1971-02-08, scale 1:20000
1971-02-08, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1974-05-01, scale 1:76000
1974-05-01, scale 1:76000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-27, scale 1:24000
1975-02-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-27, scale 1:24000
1975-02-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-27, scale 1:24000
1975-02-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1975-02-27, scale 1:24000
1975-02-27, scale 1:24000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1978-03-01, scale 1:20000
1978-03-01, scale 1:20000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.
U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1979-03-01, scale 1:22000
1979-03-01, scale 1:22000. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

9 stations, 4 gages

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

33 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.

  • 183-1AN/A
  • 183-1CN/A
  • 183-1BN/A
  • 183-2AN/A
  • 183-2BN/A
  • 183-3BN/A
  • 183-3AN/A
  • 183-4Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of U.S. Highway 79, north of Sixmile Bayou and east of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Carthage city
  • 183-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part northwest of U.S. Highway 79 and northeast of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Carthage city
  • 183-6Justice Precinct 1 - That part southwest of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway and north of State Highway 315, outside Carthage city
  • 183-7Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of State Highway 315 and west of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway, outside Carthage tity
  • 183-8Justice Precinct 1 - That part south of Sixmile Bayou and east of Gulf, Colorado and Santa Fe Railway
  • 183-9Justice Precinct 2: Beckville town
  • 183-10Tatum town - That part in Panola County, comprising part of Justice Precinct 2 (Remainder of Tatum town is in Justice Precinct 3, Rusk County)
  • 183-11Justice Precinct 2 - That part east of State Hwys. 149 and 43,outside Beckville town
  • 183-12Justice Precinct 2 - That part west of State Hwys. 43 and 149 and north of Beckville - Dirgin Rd., outside Beckville and Tatum towns
  • 183-13Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of Beckville - Dirgin Rd., west of the Beckville - Fair Play Rd. and north of U.S. Highway 79, outside Beckville town
  • 183-14Justice Precinct 2 - That part south of U.S. Highway 79, south and east of Fair Play - Beckville Rd. and west of State Highway 149, outside Beckville town
  • 183-15Justice Precinct 3: Justice Precinct 3 - That part north of U.S. Highway 79 and east of DeBerry - Marshall Rd.
  • 183-16Justice Precinct 3 - That part south of U.S. Highway 79 and east of Furrh - DeBerry Rd.
  • 183-17Justice Precinct 3 - That part west of Marshall - DeBerry - Furrh Rd.
  • 183-18Justice Precinct 4: Justice Precinct 4 - That part north of Unnamed road extending westward from County line through Front to precinct line
  • 183-19Justice Precinct 4 - That part south of Unnamed road extending eastward from precinct line through Front to County line
  • 183-20Justice Precinct 5: Justice Precinct 5 - That part southeast of McFaddin Creek and east of U.S. Highway 59
  • 183-21Justice Precinct 5 - That part north of McFaddin Creek and east of U.S. Highway 59
  • 183-22Justice Precinct 5 - That part west of U.S. Highway 59
  • 183-23Justice Precinct 6: Justice Precinct 6 - That part east of Socagee Creek
  • 183-24Justice Precinct 6 - That part west of Socagee Creek
  • 183-25Justice Precinct 7: Justice Precinct 7 - That part east of Unnamed road extending southward from precinct line to Shelby County line
  • 183-26Justice Precinct 7 - That part west of Unnamed road extending southward from precinct line to Shelby County line and east of Beck Creek
  • 183-27Justice Precinct 7 - That part west of Beck Creek
  • 183-28Justice Precinct 8: Justice Precinct 8 - That part north of State Highway 315
  • 183-29Justice Precinct 8 - That part south of State Highway 315

Wildfire, 1992 to 2020

1,780 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 1,780 of them, burning about 9,718 acres. 93 started naturally and 43 were recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause Fires
Debris and open burning942
Missing data/not specified/undetermined343
Equipment and vehicle use195
Natural93
Power generation/transmission/distribution66
Arson/incendiarism43
Smoking36
Misuse of fire by a minor26
Recreation and ceremony21
Railroad operations and maintenance8
Fireworks6
Other causes1

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 April 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5075 FM 123 (MCAGE)
11 February 1996Debris and open burning260 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 March 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined205 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 November 1995Debris and open burning175 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 October 2010Equipment and vehicle use142 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAND BLUFF #160
31 July 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined123 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 March 2006Debris and open burning110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 200
24 August 2005Debris and open burning102 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 185

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

Storms, 1953 to 2026

60 of 530 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 530 reports for this county, causing 1 death, 18 injuries and about $8,226,400 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event Reports
Thunderstorm Wind270
Hail170
Tornado51
Flash Flood35
Lightning3
Heavy Rain1

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
March 2021Tornado (EF2)Carthage1 killed, 3 hurt, $1,500,000An EF2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 125 mph touched down again from the same supercell thunderstorm that produced the tornado near and over Lake Murvaul in Southwest Panola County, with this tornado downing and uprooting about 10 hardwood and softwood trees along Highway 59 several miles south of Carthage. The tornado intensified as it tracked parallel to FM 2517 and ripped the roof off of a single family home. The tornado's damage path widened considerably as it moved between FM 2517 and County Road 405. Security footage from a local meat processing center in the Antioch community indicates that a multiple-vortex tornado developed as the storm continued and produced a wide swath of snapped trees north and south of FM 2517. ||Along County Road 405, the multiple-vortex tornado continued to completely destroy 3 metal outbuildings and shift another single family home off of its foundation. At this same location, the tornado tossed an antique vehicle 50 yards and wrapped sheet metal around approximately 10 trees. The tornado continued to snap large softwood trees along County Road 407, and as it crossed FM 699, it caused major roof damage to a brick home near the intersection of County Road 407 and County Road 408. A single-wide manufactured home utilizing a pan anchorage system was pulled free from the anchors and destroyed, with some of the debris blown a couple of hundred yards into a field to the east. ||Hundreds of trees were downed in an area along County Road 448. As the tornado crossed FM 31, a large outbuilding was destroyed, but portions of the wooden frame were anchored by bolts to the foundation and remained in place. In this same area, a large pine tree was uprooted and fell onto a single-wide manufactured home, killing a 46 year old woman with her husband suffering a head injury. Another tree fell onto a vehicle nearby and injured two additional people. The tornado continued northeast snapping and uprooting additional trees and it travelled north of FM 2517. It crossed County Road 470, County Road 471, and finally lifted just east of County Road 332.
November 1987Tornado (F3)not stated5 hurt, $2,500,000no account filed
March 2005Thunderstorm WindBeckville3 hurt, $700,000Thunderstorm winds destroyed 2 homes and damaged several other homes and buildings. There were three injuries...one was in a home when the roof was blown off their house and two others were injured when a tree fell on their vehicle. All were treated at an area hospital and released.
March 1953Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $25,000no account filed
September 1961Tornado (F2)not stated2 hurt, $2,500no account filed
March 2022Tornado (EF2)Long Branch1 hurt, $550,000This is a continuation of the Eastern Rusk County tornado. Although this tornado entered Western Panola County with estimated winds around 90 mph, it strengthened to a strong EF-2 with estimated maximum winds around 130 mph, as it lifted northeast through Western Panola County. It crossed FM 348 and County Roads 881, 188, and 189, snapping and uprooting numerous trees before reaching Highway 79. In this area, several homes were significantly damaged, and one well-built residence lost most of its roof with several walls collapsed. One injury occurred in this home, although the injury was not deemed critical. The damage rating on this structure was a strong EF-2, and near this location, the tornado achieved its maximum width of approximately 500 yards. Near this location, the high level of tree damage and damage to at least one other structure also warranted a rating of EF-2. A home on County Road 293 and a metal building on County Road 237 were also damaged from this tornado, before it lifted along County Road 241 several miles southwest of Beckville.
March 2021Tornado (EF2)Dotson1 hurt, $100,000This is a continuation of the Southern Rusk County tornado. This tornado continued northeast towards Lake Murvaul, where it maintained EF1 intensity while snapping and uprooting numerous trees as it paralleled FM 1971. Upon reaching the lake, the tornado reached several residences along the shoreline where it increased in intensity as it snapped and uprooted more trees and damaged the shingles of many homes. By this time, the tornado had strengthened to an EF2, with estimated maximum winds of 115 mph. One person was injured at their residence on the shore of Lake Murvaul, while video of the tornado was recorded by a storm chaser as it crossed the lake. After downing trees which damaged several structures on the east shore of the lake, it weakened and produced more sporadic damage before lifting north-northwest of Gary City. A review of video, TDEM ground survey data, and Sentinel satellite data indicate that the tornado lifted for approximately 5 miles before it touched down again in Southern Panola County.
July 1956Tornado (F1)not stated1 hurt, $25,000no account filed
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Beckville$600,000National Weather Storm Survey Team determined that damage across Panola County was consistent with that of a tornado. An EF1 tornado first touched down near Beckville, Texsa and traveled east northeast before lifting just northeast of De Berry Texas. Numerous trees and powerlines were downed throughout the track of this tornado and some of these trees damaged several homes and outbuildings as well.
May 2017Tornado (EF1)Clayton$500,000An EF1 tornado touched down just north of the intersection of CR 152 and CR 153. The tornado uprooted and snapped several trees while it paralleled CR 152 as it moved east southeast towards Clayton. It damaged a few out building and a few home before it did some concentrated tree damage near several homes just north of Highway 315 and CR 1970. A large, metal outbuilding was completely rolled over here. It continued east where it continued to damage homes and numerous trees along CR 112. The tornado crossed Highway 315 between CR 113 and CR 108. The tornado did some concentrated tree damage where it crossed CR 1081, toppling and splitting numerous trees. The tornado continued east where it ripped the roof off a metal building system along CR 108 west of CR 106. The tornado continued east where it did some significant damage to two farm buildings. The strongest winds associated with the tornado were noted here. The tornado damaged the roofs of two homes along CR 108 east of CR 106. The tornado then did some sporadic tree damage before lifting near the intersection of CR 108 and CR 403.
May 2008Tornado (EF1)Fairplay$400,000An EF1 tornado with winds of 95 to 105 mph occurred along CR 241 in Panola County and moved southeastward along CR 224 before lifting. Numerous homes were damaged mainly from falling trees. In particular...a manufactured home had its entire roof peeled and strewn into a field east of the home. A cabin 300 yards east of that home had its entire roof lifted off the wooden frame and thrown into the tree line adjacent to the structure. Numerous large trees both hardwood and softwood were snapped and or uprooted along the path which ended 5 miles southeast along CR 224. Several trees were uprooted or snapped onto homes along CR 241 and CR 248. The tornado was 200 yards wide at its widest point and on the ground until 1203 pm.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Lorraine$300,000This is a continuation of the Southwest Caddo Parish tornado. This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds of 110 mph, continued northwest across State Line Road in the Bethany community, where several homes and other structures were damaged by downed trees. The tornado was at its widest and strongest as it crossed CR 332, where multiple trees were snapped and uprooted, the roof was partially removed off of a barn, and a metal roof was partially lifted off of a home. As the tornado crossed Highway 79, additional large trees were snapped and uprooted, with trees falling and significantly damaging three homes. The tornado continued to snap and uproot additional trees as it moved northwest before crossing into Southeast Harrison County.
February 1991Tornado (F2)not stated$250,000no account filed
August 2011Thunderstorm WindCarthage$100,000A metal roof was blown off a building in the Carthage Downtown Square. A window was also blown out of a downtown building. A tree was downed on a home on North Street and Mary Street. Numerous other trees were downed throughout town.
July 2024Tornado (EF1)Tatum$85,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down about 4 miles northeast of Tatum in Northwest Panola County, about one-half mile southeast of Highway 43 along FM 959, where several large limbs were snapped. This initial tornado touchdown was confirmed by video from homeowners along FM 959, with the tornado tracking northwest before crossing Highway 43. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, with several homes had portions of their siding and metal roofing peeled off. The tornado moved over open pastureland, snapping a few more trees before crossing over into extreme Northeast Rusk County.
June 2023Tornado (EF1)Adams Store$50,000A strong line of thunderstorms moved through East Texas and Northwest Louisiana during the early morning hours on June 16th. As it moved through East Texas and into the Shreveport metro area, the storm begin to take on a bow shape, indicating that the system would likely produce strong straight line winds. As the storm reached near the Texas/Louisiana state line from Panola County into southwest Caddo Parish, it produced a brief EF-1 tornado with maximum wind gusts of 110 mph, a path width of nearly 850 yards, and path length of nearly two miles in far eastern Panola County. ||With a storm already producing widespread straight-line wind damage, it became difficult to determine what was tornadic and what was straight-line winds. It was determined that the tornado touched down to the west of County Road 322 in Panola County where a large tree fell onto a single family home. The tornado then moved to the southeast across the Texas/Louisiana state line into extreme Southwest Caddo Parish.
May 2012Thunderstorm WindCarthage$50,000Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in Carthage. One of these trees fell across a mobile home. There were no report of injuries.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindWilkerson$50,000Several homes damaged by thunderstorm winds.
May 1993Thunderstorm WindSugar Hill$50,000A roof was blown off a mobile home and a car was damaged by thunderstorm winds.
February 1993HailPanola$50,000Hail damaged some cars.
January 2020Tornado (EF1)Tatum$30,000An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down on a hillside just southwest of Farm to Market Road 959 just northeast of Tatum. The damage was limited to trees, as a majority of the few hundred pine trees in a confined area had their trunks snapped. The tornado tracked northeast off the hill doing only sporadic tree damage before crossing Farm to Market Road 959, resulting in roof damage to several residences and outbuildings. The tornado lifted shortly thereafter prior to crossing the Sabine River bordering Southern Harrison County.
June 2011LightningGary$30,000Lightning struck a home in Gary resulting in a fire.
April 1999Tornado (F1)Carthage$30,000North to south oriented multi-cellular squall line moving east at 40 mph across the county. Minor damage to homes with trees and powerlines snapped.
December 2022Tornado (EF2)De Berry$25,000An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 115 mph touched down in a forested area in Northern Panola County just west of County Road 3123, where approximately a couple hundred softwood trees were snapped and uprooted across an area around 460 yards wide. The tornado damage swath narrowed as it damaged a roof of a single family home off of County Road 312 and County Road 3123. The tornado continued to snap and uproot trees as it tracked across FM 31 and into Southern Harrison County near the Elysian Fields community.
June 1989Tornado (F3)not stated$25,000no account filed
February 1965Tornado (F2)not stated$25,000no account filed
March 2006Thunderstorm WindGary$20,000Roof blown off a home in Gary City.
February 1998Thunderstorm WindGary$20,000Skywarn Spotter reported several chicken houses were damaged or destroyed.
January 1999Tornado (F1)De Berry$12,000The damage path was in a mostly wooded region with little population. Only one (1) home was damaged from a pine tree that fell on it. Remainder of damage consisted of numerous snapped and fallen trees.
May 2019Tornado (EF1)Panola Pedros Arpt$10,000An EF-1 tornado with maximum estimated winds near 100 mph touched down along Highway 79 in Bethany, Texas in the far northeast section of Panola County, where it snapped and uprooted several trees and removed the roofing of a service station along Highway 79 before crossing over into Caddo Parish in Northwest Louisiana. The estimated winds of the tornado shortly after it touched down in Panola County was near 90 mph before the winds increased as it moved into the Louisiana side of Bethany in Caddo Parish.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindBeckville$10,000A large section of a tin roof was blown off a rodeo arena on County Road 263 in the community of Rock Hill, Texas.
August 2003Thunderstorm WindDelray$10,000Several large trees down including one tree that fell across a home causing considerable roof damage.
January 1999Flash FloodDe Berry$10,000Heavy rain led to the closure of CR 336. Two cars were washed off the road by no injuries occurred.
September 2023LightningDe Berry$5,000Lightning struck a tree near De Berry and ignited a fire nearby. Hail was also observed, but a size was not reported.
October 2019Tornado (EF0)Fairplay$5,000An EF-0 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph touched down along the south side of Highway 79 just west of County Road 280 in Western Panola County, where it snapped some large branches out of trees and uprooted a few more. Then, the tornado traveled east-northeast along the north side of Highway 79 where it uprooted and snapped a few trees and damaged a roof to a residential home. It continued on to the east-northeast where it snapped more branches out of a few more trees before lifting near the intersection of County Road 1251 and County Road 124 in the Fair Play community.
January 2005Thunderstorm WindCarthage$5,000Roof damage to a house on County Rd. 184
March 2001Tornado (F1)Tatum$5,000This tornado continued from Rusk County, Texas. A tornado developed on the southern most cell of a squall line as it moved eastward across the county. Two homes lost numerous shingle patches. Numerous snapped, broken or felled trees.
March 1999LightningDeadwood$5,000Lightning struck a house causing a minor fire.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindBeckville$5,000Two boats were damaged by thunderstorm winds and several trees were blown down.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindDeBerry$5,000Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds on Highway 9.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood$5,000Trees were blown down onto Highway 9 by thunderstorm winds.
June 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood$5,000Several trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
October 1994Thunderstorm WindCarthage$5,000Trees and power lines were blown down by high winds.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindLake Murvaul$5,000Numerous trees were blown down along Lake Murvaul to west-southwest of Carthage.
November 1994Thunderstorm WindDeBerry$5,000Trees were blown down by high winds.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindGrand Bluff$5,000A poultry barn was damaged by thunderstorm winds.
January 1994Thunderstorm WindDeadwood$5,000Numerous trees were blown down on a 200 acre plot along the Sabine River. Several trees were uprooted or broken off, blocking the road.
March 1994Thunderstorm WindMidyett$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
August 1993Thunderstorm WindCarthage$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
January 1994HailCarthage$500Hail broke the winshields from two cars.
April 1994Thunderstorm WindDeBerry$500Numerous trees were blown down by high winds.
January 1993Thunderstorm WindMurval Lake$500Trees were downed on Highway 333.
April 1957Tornado (F1)not stated$250no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
April 1984Tornado (F0)not stated$30no account filed
April 1982Tornado (F1)not stated$30no account filed
July 1977Tornadonot stated$30no account filed
April 2026Thunderstorm WindWoods-Tree downed on FM Road 699 near the Antioch community southeast of Carthage.
January 2025Thunderstorm WindCarthage Co Arpt-Tree downed on County Road 3022 near Carthage.

Mines and quarries

1 recorded

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

Commodity Workings
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

Every populated place in the county

36

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.

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.