Chappell Hill, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Washington-Chappell Hill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77426. It stands on Felchak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Chappell Hill quadrangle.
On record in Chappell Hill
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 12 records
Isaac Applewhite Houselisted 1985
W. W. Browning Houselisted 1972
Chappell Hill Circulating Librarylisted 1985
Chappell Hill Methodist Episcopal Churchlisted 1985
Chappell Hill Public School and Chappell Hill Female College Belllisted 1985
E. King Felder Houselisted 1985
Main Street Historic Districtlisted 1985
William S. Rogers Houselisted 1985
J. R. Routt Houselisted 1985
John Sterling Smith Jr. Houselisted 1985
Stage Coach Innlisted 1976- Waverlylisted 1983
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.
- 1930 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:62500
- 1963 USGS Chappell Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
139 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 139 fires within 5 miles of Chappell Hill between 2009 and 2020, burning about 211 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 92 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAPPEL HILL SPOT FIRE |
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS RIVER LANE |
| 30 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6500 HWY 290 GRASS FIRE |
| 16 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | EVA RD. FIRE |
| 8 August 2020 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Chappell Hill in 18 storm reports between 2001 and 2021: 8 thunderstorm wind, 5 funnel cloud, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | $30,000 | Home roof and carport damage along with a severely damaged pool house in the Bluebonnet Subdivision. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | $20,000 | Strong winds damaged the roof of two separate homes, destroyed a barn and also damaged a television tower. |
| October 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | $17,000 | Extensive house, barn, fence, and tree damage. |
| September 2002 | Flash Flood | Chappell Hill | $10,000 | Water covering FM 1371 near Chappell Hill. |
| May 2014 | Flash Flood | Chappell Hill | $5,000 | Eight county roads were closed due to high water. FM Road 1155 was closed due to flooding between FM Road 2193 and Chappell Hill. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | $2,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed a tree that blocked a county road. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | $900 | A large tree was downed. |
| June 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | - | Trees were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts east of Brenham. |
| March 2015 | Heavy Rain | Chappell Hill | - | High water was observed near the intersection of FM 1155 and South Meyersville Road. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | - | Thunderstorm winds downed trees along FM 1371. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Chappell Hill | - | Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in Chappell Hill. |
| August 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Chappell Hill | - | A funnel cloud was reported south of the Chappell Hill area near Nicholson Lake Road. |
| November 2014 | Funnel Cloud | Chappell Hill | - | A funnel cloud was observed near the intersection of Gibb Creek Road and Nicholson Lake Road. |
| September 2013 | Flash Flood | Chappell Hill | - | Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Old Chappell Hill Road just west of the town of Chappell Hill. |
| June 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Chappell Hill | - | No damage. |
| September 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Chappell Hill | - | Funnel cloud in Chappell Hill near Brenham off Hwy 290. |
| August 2004 | Funnel Cloud | Chappell Hill | - | no account filed |
| July 2001 | Funnel Cloud | Chappell 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sauney Stand | 3.8 miles | 8 | |
| Daniels | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Earlywine | 5.8 miles | 9 | |
| Phillipsburg | 6.7 miles | 10 | |
| Whitman | 6.8 miles | 8 | |
| Wiedeville | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brenham | 7.6 miles | 10 | |
| Goodwill | 7.8 miles | 8 |
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 Chappell Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5073378 | 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 1332674. 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.




