Hillister, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Woodville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77624. It stands on Magnus Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hillister quadrangle. It stands 190 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Hillister quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
359 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 359 fires within 5 miles of Hillister between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,605 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 36 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 | 241 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 57 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 223 |
| 6 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENNY |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 310 |
| 4 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 405 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 666 |
| 4 September 2000 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 681 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCINTOSH FIRE3 |
| 3 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ALEGRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hillister in 11 storm reports between 2006 and 2026: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 2 tornado, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hillister | $60,000 | A tornado touched down on both the north and south sides of Lake Charmaine,|blowing multiple trees down. One home had a tree land on it and a tree landed on a SUV. Several homes had minor damage to their siding. The peak winds in the tornado was estimated at 105 MPH. The path was 1.3 miles long and 600 yards wide. |
| March 2017 | Tornado (EF1) | Hillister | $20,000 | Multiple trees were blown down along FM 1013 east of Hillister, on both the|north and south sides of the road. The peak winds in the tornado was estimated at 105 MPH. The path was half a mile long and 300 yards wide. |
| April 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | $15,000 | Strong storms moved into Tyler County before sunrise on the 4th. Multiple reports were received of trees and power lines down from north of Wildwood to Hillister and to near Fred. One mobile home had the roof removed during the event. |
| March 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | $3,000 | Tyler County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down with power outages in Ivanhoe. |
| October 2006 | Flash Flood | Hillister | $3,000 | FM 1013 was closed between Hillister and Spurger due to high water. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | $2,000 | A large tree was blown down. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | $1,000 | A tree was downed onto Allison Cemetery Road. |
| July 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | $1,000 | A thunderstorm downed power lines in Ivanhoe. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hillister | - | Trees and power outages were reported in the Spurger and Hillister areas. |
| February 2013 | Hail | Hillister | - | The Tyler County Sheriffs Office reported quarter sized hail 10 miles WSW of Spurger on Farm to Market 1013. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Hillister | - | Public reported quarter size hail in Hillister. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Warren | 3.9 miles | 13 | |
| Hyatt | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Hicksbaugh | 7.5 miles | 13 | |
| Woodville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Magnolia Hills | 9.2 miles | 12 | |
| Oldham | 9.3 miles | 12 | |
| Doucette | 10.7 miles | 12 | |
| Spurger | 10.9 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 Hillister | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5763326 | 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 1359276. 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.






