BlockHaynesville, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Electra census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76360. The Survey maps it on the Electra quadrangle. It stands 1,132 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1916 USGS Electra quadrangle1:24000
- 1918 USGS Electra quadrangle1:31680
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Electra quadrangle1:62500
- 1972 USGS Electra quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Burkburnett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1991 USGS Electra quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
83 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Haynesville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 6,964 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WG GAS PLANT |
| 8 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROOT PLOW |
| 6 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 #6 |
| 6 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 #5 |
| 6 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROCKREID |
| 5 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROOSEVELT/DOUGLAS |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MIDWAY CHURCH ROAD FIRE |
| 4 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020027 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
32 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Haynesville in 32 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 12 hail, 8 thunderstorm wind, 7 tornado, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Haynesville | $100,000 | A tornado developed northeast of Haynesville(Punkin Center) and moved east-northeast along Flippin Road. A number of large metal electrical transmission towers were damaged and a few collapsed. |
| April 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | $50,000 | Relayed images showing significant thunderstorm wind damage at multiple locations northeast of the community of Haynesville. Damage included partial roof loss to a large metal barn, multiple power poles snapped and/or blown over and large tree limbs blown down. Location is approximate and event time is estimated from radar observations. |
| September 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | $20,000 | Relayed images showing sporadic wind damage east of the community of Haynesville. This included numerous power poles snapped/blown down and partial roof collapse to a large metal machine shed. Time is radar estimated. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | $10,000 | Large tree limbs snapped and one tree blown onto car near Haynesville. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Haynesville | $5,000 | Numerous storm chasers reported a tornado developing between Haynesville and Burkburnett at 6:11 pm CDT. This tornado was not always well defined visually as it moved slowly east and southeast. A few power poles were damaged on Prairie Cottage Road. |
| April 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Haynesville | $5,000 | Several storm spotters reported a tornado near the Wilbarger and Wichita county lines. The tornado blew a vehicle into the path of a pickup on Highway 287. The driver of the car received minor injuries and was taken to an Electra hospital for treatment. The tornado also destroyed a garage at residence one half mile west of the county line on Highway 240. The car inside the garage suffered moderate damage. The tornado damaged a large tree and moved horse feeders about 600-700 feet from their original location. No injuries were reported with the tornado. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| May 2020 | Tornado (EF0) | Haynesville | - | A storm chaser observed a brief tornado between Haynesville and Burkburnett north of State Highway 240 and south of the Red River. No damage was reported and the location is estimated. |
| May 2017 | Tornado (EFU) | Haynesville | - | A tornado was observed by spotters north of Electra and Haynesville(Punkin Center) that lasted about 2 minutes. No damage is known to have occurred with this tornado. |
| June 2017 | Flash Flood | Haynesville | - | State highway 240 from Haynesville to 2 miles west of Haynesville and state highway 25 near and north of Haynesville were both closed due to flooding. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Haynesville | - | A storm chaser observed a tornado approximately 3 miles north-northeast of Haynesville. The tornado produced minor damage to a metal outbuilding. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Haynesville | - | Spotters observed a tornado a about 7 miles northeast of Harrold in northwestern Wichita County. No damage was reported. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | - | No damage reported. |
| May 2008 | Hail | Haynesville | - | Hail from pea to quarter size was reported. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Haynesville | - | Heavy rains during the late evening of October 14 and morning of October 15 produced heavy runoff and flash flooding along China Creek in northwestern Wichita County near Haynesville, TX during the late morning and early afternoon of October 15. At 1030 AM CST, the Texas Department of Transportation reported that Texas State Highway 25 was closed about 0.5 miles south of Haynesville due to floodwaters from China Creek. In addition, Texas State Highway 240 was closed by floodwaters from China Creek about 0.5 miles east of Haynesville. |
| October 2006 | Flood | Haynesville | - | Storm total precipitation amounts of 3 to 7 inches over western north Texas and southwestern Oklahoma generated heavy runoff along the Red River mainstem and its tributaries, and produced minor flooding along the Red River in the vicinity of Burkburnett, TX on October 17-19. The Red River crested at 10.5 feet, 1.5 feet above flood stage, at 9:00 am CST on October 18, and remained above flood stage from approximately 6:00 am CST on October 17 until 12:00 am CST on October 19. Low-lying areas and agricultural lands along the Red River were inundated during this period. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Haynesville | - | At 1:35 pm CST, the Texas Department of Transportation reported that Texas State Highway 240 was impassable due to flooding along a tributary of China Creek at the intersection with old Lake Road, one mile west of Haynesville, TX. The Crooked Creek Golf Course was also flooded and closed during the event. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Haynesville | - | At 1:00 pm CST, the Texas Department of Transportation reported that major flooding along China Creek had closed Texas State Highway 25, one mile south of Haynesville, TX. |
| November 2021 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| November 2021 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| July 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2019 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| October 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| May 2012 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| April 1998 | Hail | Haynesville | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Haynesville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Electra | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Fowlkes | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Clara | 11.6 miles | 12 | |
| Thrift | 15.8 miles | 9 | |
| Iowa Park | 16.3 miles | 11 | |
| Kadane Corner | 16.6 miles | 7 | |
| Kamay | 17.1 miles | 7 | |
| Valley View | 17.1 miles | 7 |
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 Haynesville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5687100 | 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 1358939. 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.