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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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
- 1960 USGS Minden quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Church Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
188 since 1992Regional 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 burning | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2004 | Smoking | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 118 |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 490 |
| 6 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0000286 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRONG CEMETERY |
| 5 September 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 43 FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRONG CEMETERY |
| 27 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 25 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE /MUTUAL AID |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkett Pit | Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Lewis Pit | Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory) | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Henderson Clay Products Burkett Pit | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Henderson Clay Products Lewis Pit | Kaolin | Producer | ||
| Major Brick Sales Co Pit 1 | Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Major Brick Sales Co Pit 2 | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
5 since 2016Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Church Hill | - | Large tree downed at the intersection of FM Road 3135 and County Road 336. |
| August 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Church Hill | - | Multiple trees downed in association with a thunderstorm outflow boundary moving across the north and northeast side of Henderson. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Church Hill | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed across much of Rusk County. |
| January 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Church Hill | - | Several trees were downed east southeast of Henderson. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Church Hill | - | A tree was blown down over Farm to Market Road 3135 and County Road 265. |
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 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.




