Chalk Hill, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Tatum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. It stands on Lee Creek. The Survey maps it on the Elderville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Tatum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Elderville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
577 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 577 fires within 5 miles of Chalk Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,004 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 34 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 345 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 34 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 13 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000257 |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000245 |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000256 |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 480 |
| 5 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0000172 |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
12 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chalk Hill in 12 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 8 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| June 2024 | Flash Flood | Chalk Hill | - | County Road 2164 near Lake Cherokee flooded and closed. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | Trees downed across Rusk County and one tree downed on a power line near County Road 2164. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | Numerous trees downed in the Lake Cherokee area off of Farm to Market Road 1716. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | A tree was blown down on FM 782. |
| January 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | Trees were downed near FM. 1716 near Chalk Hill. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Chalk Hill | - | A convenience store near Chalk Hill reported nickel to quarter sized hail. |
| September 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | Numerous trees down between Hwy 322 and FM 1716. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Chalk Hill | - | One and one-half inch diameter hail was reported at the Longview Weather Service Meteorolgical Office (WSMO). |
| February 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm wind. |
| May 1996 | Hail | Chalk Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chalk Hill | - | 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379527. 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.




