Henrys Chapel, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1937 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the New Summerfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75789. It stands on Grissom Creek. The Survey maps it on the Griffin quadrangle. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1937 USGS Troupe quadrangle1:48000
- 1943 USGS Troup quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1973 USGS Griffin quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
216 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 216 fires within 5 miles of Henrys Chapel between 1995 and 2020, burning about 982 acres in total. 11 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 | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4608 FIRE |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4620 FIRE |
| 6 September 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 15 & CR 2159 FIRE |
| 5 September 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 378 CR 4608 FIRE |
| 27 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 27 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FARM MARKET RD. 13 FIRE |
| 26 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6797 FM 856 FIRE |
| 25 September 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 803 JOSEPH ST. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Henrys Chapel: 6 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Ball Clay, Clay, Kaolin, Bentonite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Troup Pit | Kaolin, Bentonite | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Troup Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Troupe | Clay | Producer | ||
| A D Green Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Henderson Clay Products Pit East | Ball Clay | Producer | ||
| Henderson Clay Products Pit West | Ball Clay | Producer | ||
| Reliance Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Producer | ||
| Reliance Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| Southern Clay Products Pit | Ball Clay | Past Producer | ||
| W.A. White No.1 & No.2 Pits | Ball Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
7 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Henrys Chapel in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 hail. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henrys Chapel | 1 hurt | A mobile home was rolled over on County Road 4623. A tree was also blown down onto a vehicle on County Road 4619, resulting in an injury to the occupant of the vehicle. Both reports occurred near the Henrys Chapel community. |
| February 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henrys Chapel | $50,000 | Two 100 foot tall pine trees fell on a home in Troup, Texas, destroying two of the home's bedrooms. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henrys Chapel | $10,000 | A roof was taken off a barn south of Troup, Texas. |
| August 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Henrys Chapel | - | A tree was downed on FM 856 just south of Troup, Texas. |
| February 2012 | Hail | Henrys Chapel | - | Hail fell in Troup on the Smith County, Cherokee County line. |
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Henrys Chapel | - | County Road 4807 was closed due to flooding. |
| December 2009 | Tornado (EF0) | Henrys Chapel | - | An EF0 tornado touched down one mile southeast of Barrons Lake on CR 4619 just north of FM13. A couple of trees were downed and a few with large branches broken. The tornado tracked northeast where more tree damage was observed on CR 4621 just west of Cherokee/Rusk County line. The tornado lifted after this point ending at 3:10 PM. |
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.
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 Henrys Chapel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q116178750 | 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 2034719. 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.






