Cookville, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Cookville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75558. The Survey maps it on the Cookville quadrangle. It stands 433 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Cookville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
332 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 332 fires within 5 miles of Cookville between 1995 and 2020, burning about 1,814 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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 | 242 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2638 CR 4315 |
| 8 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1800 CR 4275 |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-925 |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHWAY 67 2 MI E OF COOKVILLE |
| 4 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 363 |
| 29 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 168 E I30 |
| 29 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS BRUSH PILE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
10 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Cookville in 10 storm reports between 1998 and 2020: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | $5,000 | The roof was blown off a mobile home east northeast of Mount Pleasant. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | - | A tree was blown down on FM 1000. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Cookville | - | Half dollar size hail fell along Highway 67 near the Cookville community. . |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | - | Trees down near the intersection of County Road 4030 and County Road 4025. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Cookville | - | Hail reported at a local convenience store in Cookville, Texas. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | - | Trees were downed adjacent to a convenience store in Cookville, Texas. |
| October 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Cookville | - | This EF0 tornado touched down along Hwy. 67 and County Road 3325. Two large trees were snapped along the north side of the highway and other small limbs were downed. The tornado continued northeast, crossing County Road 3314 in Morris County knocking down numerous mid sized and large limbs before lifting north of County Road 3314. Maximum winds were estimated between 65 and 70 mph. A fence sustained minor damage from on of the large trees which fell near Hwy. 67. |
| May 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | - | Trees and powerlines were downed near Cookville, Texas. |
| September 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | - | Several trees blown down in the Cookville community east of Mount Pleasant. |
| April 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Cookville | - | Hwy 44 north of Hwy 67 was blocked by fallen trees. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Old Union | 3.2 miles | 10 | |
| Lone Star | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Liberty Hill | 3.7 miles | 10 | |
| Center Grove | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Argo | 5.3 miles | 8 | |
| Gladewater | 6.3 miles | 10 | |
| Mount Pleasant | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Roeder | 6.9 miles | 9 |
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 Cookville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5167222 | 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 1333275. 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.




