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Church Hill, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pinehill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. The Survey maps it on the Church Hill quadrangle.

Church Hill within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

188 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 188 fires within 5 miles of Church Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,641 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 8 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 burning94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined45
Natural14
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism8
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
7 September 2004Smoking3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 118
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 490
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0000286
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTRONG CEMETERY
5 September 2011Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service43 FIRE
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTRONG CEMETERY
27 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND FIRE
25 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE /MUTUAL AID

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Church Hill: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burkett PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Products Burkett PitKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products Lewis PitKaolinProducer
Major Brick Sales Co Pit 1ClayPast Producer
Major Brick Sales Co Pit 2ClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Rusk County

Storms near this place

5 since 2016

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Church Hill in 5 storm reports between 2016 and 2024: 5 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Thunderstorm WindChurch Hill-Large tree downed at the intersection of FM Road 3135 and County Road 336.
August 2024Thunderstorm WindChurch Hill-Multiple trees downed in association with a thunderstorm outflow boundary moving across the north and northeast side of Henderson.
October 2018Thunderstorm WindChurch Hill-Numerous trees and power lines were downed across much of Rusk County.
January 2017Thunderstorm WindChurch Hill-Several trees were downed east southeast of Henderson.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindChurch Hill-A tree was blown down over Farm to Market Road 3135 and County Road 265.

Every storm recorded in Rusk 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
Chapman3.3 miles12
Liberty3.5 miles12
New Prospect3.8 miles12
Oak Hill5.9 miles16
Dirgin6.1 miles16
Pinehill6.8 miles12
Stewart7.4 miles16
Henderson7.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034757. 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.

Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.

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.