Gay Hill, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gay Hill-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. The Survey maps it on the Gay Hill quadrangle. It stands 371 feet above sea level.
On record in Gay 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 1 record
- Red Houselisted 1971
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Gay Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Gay Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
123 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 123 fires within 5 miles of Gay Hill between 1999 and 2020, burning about 547 acres in total. 4 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 | 48 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 38 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVERLOOK PARK |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPARD MOUNTAIN RANCH FIRE |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPARD MOUTAIN |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONGPOINT ROAD FIRE |
| 29 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201 FM 390 W |
| 22 September 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4021 OLD GAY HILL RD. |
| 16 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 390 WEST |
| 16 September 2013 | Fireworks | 2.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS LANE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gay Hill in 7 storm reports between 2004 and 2026: 3 funnel cloud, 2 hail, 2 flash flood. 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 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Gay Hill | - | Broadcast media shared a video of a funnel cloud moving into the Rocky Creek Park south of Sommerville Lake. The storm that produced this funnel had previously formed an EF-0 over in Lee County before lifting. There has been a report of very minor tree limb damage near the site of the funnel, but damage was so minor it may have been from nearby general thunderstorm winds. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Gay Hill | - | Highway 390 east of Gay Hill was impassable due to high water. |
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Gay Hill | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Somerville. |
| May 2015 | Funnel Cloud | Gay Hill | - | A funnel cloud was reported near Lake Somerville. |
| April 2015 | Hail | Gay Hill | - | Quarter sized hail was reported near Lake Somerville. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Gay Hill | - | Flood waters were inundating the Rehburg Road and FM 1948 intersection. |
| November 2004 | Hail | Gay 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Quarry | 2.6 miles | 10 | |
| Longpoint | 3.0 miles | 7 | |
| Rehburg | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Zionville | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Prairie Hill | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Berlin | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Union Hill | 7.9 miles | 7 | |
| Mill Creek | 8.0 miles | 10 |
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 Gay Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q18151498 | 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 1336452. 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.



