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.
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
Addie L. and A.T. Odom Homesteadlisted 2012- Burr's Ferry Bridgelisted 1998
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1959 USGS Merryville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Shankleville quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS DeRidder quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
195 since 1992Regional 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/incendiarism | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 52 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
44 since 1995Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Burkeville | 2 killed, $45,000,000 | Harvey 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 2006 | Flood | Burkeville | $1,000,000 | Two 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 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Burkeville | $1,000,000 | no account filed |
| November 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Burkeville | $250,000 | no account filed |
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Burkeville | $50,000 | A 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 2004 | Tornado (F1) | Burkeville | $50,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Tornado (F0) | Burkeville | $25,000 | no account filed |
| April 2013 | Flood | Burkeville | $20,000 | A bridge along FM 1041 was washed out 4 miles West-Southwest of Burkville from rainfall run-off. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $20,000 | Trees were blown down along FM 1415 in Burkeville. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| February 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| August 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| January 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $5,000 | no account filed |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Burkeville | $3,000 | County Road 1041 was closed due to high water. |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| August 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| December 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | $1,000 | Newton County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down near the Highway 63 Bridge east of Burkeville. |
| March 2019 | Hail | Burkeville | - | A gas station in Burkeville reported hail to 1 inch in diameter. |
| April 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | - | The sheriff's department reported a large tree downed onto Highway 87 just south of Burkeville. |
| December 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | - | Tree blown down on Highway 1415. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Burkeville | - | Golf ball-sized hail completely covering the ground reported by the sheriff. |
| March 1995 | Hail | Burkeville | - | Golf ball-sized hail completely covering the ground reported by the sheriff. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | - | ,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) |
| December 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Burkeville | - | Tree blown down on Highway 1415. |
| November 2007 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| December 2005 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| March 2003 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| April 1999 | Hail | Burkeville | - | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Hail | Burkeville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wiergate | 2.1 miles | 9 | |
| Shankleville | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Simmonsville | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Indian Hills | 5.4 miles | 9 | |
| Mattox | 5.6 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty | 6.0 miles | 9 | |
| Stringtown | 6.7 miles | 9 | |
| Mayflower | 7.3 miles | 14 |
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 Burkeville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4998984 | 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 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.




