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Burkeville, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Burkeville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75932. It lies near Harrol Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Shankleville quadrangle. It stands 210 feet above sea level.

Burkeville within Newton County

On record in Burkeville

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 2 records

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

195 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Burkeville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,748 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 78 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
Arson/incendiarism78
Debris and open burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Natural7
Equipment and vehicle use6
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Fireworks2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1995Arson/incendiarism25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Newton County

Storms near this place

44 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Burkeville in 44 storm reports between 1995 and 2019: 23 thunderstorm wind, 12 hail, 5 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 2 deaths. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2017Flash FloodBurkeville2 killed, $45,000,000Harvey produced 20 to 40 inches of rain across a large portion of the Newton County. This resulted in near 2,000 homes being flooded. Hardest hit areas were Trout Creek, Call, and along Big Cow Creek and the Sabine River. The Sabine River reached its 3rd, 4th, and 5th highest crests at Deweyville, Bon Weir, and Burkville respectively.
October 2006FloodBurkeville$1,000,000Two day rain totals of 12 to 16 inches resulted in long duration flooding across portions of northern Newton County. The hardest hit areas were just around Burkeville, where roads were flooded. At least three county road bridges were washed out.
November 2003Tornado (F2)Burkeville$1,000,000no account filed
November 2004Tornado (F1)Burkeville$250,000no account filed
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Burkeville$50,000A tornado touched down near a field off of FM 2991 east of Burkeville,|seen by several eyewitnesses. It knocked a tree down on the edge of|the field, before moving across the field and picking up a deer feed|and watering device. As the device flew through the air, it decapitated|a deer, killing it. The tornado blew part of the tin roof off a a one|story home,and peeled back the carport on the other side of the home.|Several trees in the neighborhood were uprooted or snapped at the trunk. The peak estimated winds were 105 MPH.
November 2004Tornado (F1)Burkeville$50,000no account filed
May 1999Tornado (F0)Burkeville$25,000no account filed
April 2013FloodBurkeville$20,000A bridge along FM 1041 was washed out 4 miles West-Southwest of Burkville from rainfall run-off.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$20,000Trees were blown down along FM 1415 in Burkeville.
March 1999Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$10,000no account filed
February 1998Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$10,000no account filed
August 1997Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$10,000no account filed
March 2002Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
April 2002Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
January 2001Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
July 2001Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
March 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$5,000no account filed
October 2006Flash FloodBurkeville$3,000County Road 1041 was closed due to high water.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
June 2004Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
August 2004Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
August 2002Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
August 2000Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
December 1999Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$2,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindBurkeville$1,000Newton County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down near the Highway 63 Bridge east of Burkeville.
March 2019HailBurkeville-A gas station in Burkeville reported hail to 1 inch in diameter.
April 2018Thunderstorm WindBurkeville-The sheriff's department reported a large tree downed onto Highway 87 just south of Burkeville.
December 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkeville-Tree blown down on Highway 1415.
March 1995HailBurkeville-Golf ball-sized hail completely covering the ground reported by the sheriff.
March 1995HailBurkeville-Golf ball-sized hail completely covering the ground reported by the sheriff.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkeville-,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75)
December 1995Thunderstorm WindBurkeville-Tree blown down on Highway 1415.
November 2007HailBurkeville-no account filed
December 2005HailBurkeville-no account filed
March 2003HailBurkeville-no account filed
March 2000HailBurkeville-no account filed
March 2000HailBurkeville-no account filed
March 2000HailBurkeville-no account filed
March 1999HailBurkeville-no account filed
April 1999HailBurkeville-no account filed
March 1998HailBurkeville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Newton County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Wiergate2.1 miles9
Shankleville2.9 miles9
Simmonsville3.3 miles9
Indian Hills5.4 miles9
Mattox5.6 miles9
Liberty6.0 miles9
Stringtown6.7 miles9
Mayflower7.3 miles14

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 BurkevilleAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4998984The 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 1372835. 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.