Hainesville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Quitman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75773. The Survey maps it on the Hainesville quadrangle. It stands 381 feet above sea level.
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 Hainesville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
126 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 126 fires within 5 miles of Hainesville between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,464 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 11 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 | 64 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6230 |
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 5 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 3264 FIRE |
| 2 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NONE |
| 27 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hainesville in 3 storm reports between 2011 and 2023: 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Hail | Hainesville | - | Golfball size hail fell near the Hainesville community. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Hainesville | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Wood County and concluded that the damage was the result of an EF0 tornado. The tornado first touched down to the west southwest of the community of Hainesville, Tx. Trees were snapped with a path width of 50 to 75 yards wide. The storm continued on an east northeast track crossing FM. 49 before lifting just to the west of Hainesville. Damage consisted mostly of trees snapped and/or uprooted along the track. Estimated wind speeds were 75-80 mph. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hainesville | - | Trees were blown down in Hainesville. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Mills | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| New Hope | 5.1 miles | 12 | |
| Hoard | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Quitman | 7.1 miles | 13 | |
| Little Hope | 7.1 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Grove | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Mineola | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Crow | 7.6 miles | 12 |
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 Hainesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710478 | 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 1378403. 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.




