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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.

Chappell Hill within Washington County

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

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

139 since 2009

Regional 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 burning92
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural3
Recreation and ceremony2
Arson/incendiarism1
Smoking1

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
9 September 2019Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHAPPEL HILL SPOT FIRE
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRAZOS RIVER LANE
30 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
23 September 2014Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6500 HWY 290 GRASS FIRE
16 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEVA RD. FIRE
8 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Washington County

Storms near this place

18 since 2001

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2006Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$30,000Home roof and carport damage along with a severely damaged pool house in the Bluebonnet Subdivision.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$20,000Strong winds damaged the roof of two separate homes, destroyed a barn and also damaged a television tower.
October 2006Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$17,000Extensive house, barn, fence, and tree damage.
September 2002Flash FloodChappell Hill$10,000Water covering FM 1371 near Chappell Hill.
May 2014Flash FloodChappell Hill$5,000Eight county roads were closed due to high water. FM Road 1155 was closed due to flooding between FM Road 2193 and Chappell Hill.
February 2012Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$2,000Thunderstorm winds downed a tree that blocked a county road.
August 2020Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill$900A large tree was downed.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill-Trees were downed by strong thunderstorm wind gusts east of Brenham.
March 2015Heavy RainChappell Hill-High water was observed near the intersection of FM 1155 and South Meyersville Road.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill-Thunderstorm winds downed trees along FM 1371.
May 2015Thunderstorm WindChappell Hill-Thunderstorm wind gusts downed trees in Chappell Hill.
August 2015Funnel CloudChappell Hill-A funnel cloud was reported south of the Chappell Hill area near Nicholson Lake Road.
November 2014Funnel CloudChappell Hill-A funnel cloud was observed near the intersection of Gibb Creek Road and Nicholson Lake Road.
September 2013Flash FloodChappell Hill-Heavy rain caused flash flooding on Old Chappell Hill Road just west of the town of Chappell Hill.
June 2003Tornado (F0)Chappell Hill-No damage.
September 2003Funnel CloudChappell Hill-Funnel cloud in Chappell Hill near Brenham off Hwy 290.
August 2004Funnel CloudChappell Hill-no account filed
July 2001Funnel CloudChappell Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Washington 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
Sauney Stand3.8 miles8
Daniels4.7 miles8
Earlywine5.8 miles9
Phillipsburg6.7 miles10
Whitman6.8 miles8
Wiedeville6.9 miles9
Brenham7.6 miles10
Goodwill7.8 miles8

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 HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5073378The 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.