Chapel Hill, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1938 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Tyler East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75707. The Survey maps it on the Bascom quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1938 USGS Winona quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Winona quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1966 USGS Bascom quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
381 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 381 fires within 5 miles of Chapel Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,722 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 27 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 | 223 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 77 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
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 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMITH 10:35 |
| 8 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6301 |
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 111 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERR MCGEE FIRE |
| 8 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 162 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chapel Hill in 1 storm report in 1994: 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chapel Hill | $5,000 | Numerous trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Chapel Hill | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Bascom | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Elberta | 3.2 miles | 16 | |
| Whitehouse | 6.1 miles | 16 | |
| Tyler | 6.4 miles | 16 | |
| Copeland | 6.5 miles | 14 | |
| Bostick | 6.8 miles | 15 | |
| Douglas | 7.1 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1332654. 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.






