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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.

Hillister within Tyler County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

359 since 1992

Regional 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 burning241
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Arson/incendiarism36
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Equipment and vehicle use5
Smoking4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
7 September 2005Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 223
6 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKENNY
5 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 310
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined405 acresBig Thicket National ParkTFS 666
4 September 2000Power generation/transmission/distribution50 acresBig Thicket National ParkTFS 681
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCINTOSH FIRE3
3 September 2009Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceALEGRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Tyler County

Storms near this place

11 since 2006

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2017Tornado (EF1)Hillister$60,000A 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 2017Tornado (EF1)Hillister$20,000Multiple 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 2014Thunderstorm WindHillister$15,000Strong 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 2009Thunderstorm WindHillister$3,000Tyler County Sheriff Office reported trees blown down with power outages in Ivanhoe.
October 2006Flash FloodHillister$3,000FM 1013 was closed between Hillister and Spurger due to high water.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHillister$2,000A large tree was blown down.
March 2026Thunderstorm WindHillister$1,000A tree was downed onto Allison Cemetery Road.
July 2024Thunderstorm WindHillister$1,000A thunderstorm downed power lines in Ivanhoe.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHillister-Trees and power outages were reported in the Spurger and Hillister areas.
February 2013HailHillister-The Tyler County Sheriffs Office reported quarter sized hail 10 miles WSW of Spurger on Farm to Market 1013.
October 2010HailHillister-Public reported quarter size hail in Hillister.

Every storm recorded in Tyler County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Warren3.9 miles13
Hyatt6.5 miles13
Hicksbaugh7.5 miles13
Woodville7.6 miles12
Magnolia Hills9.2 miles12
Oldham9.3 miles12
Doucette10.7 miles12
Spurger10.9 miles12

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 HillisterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5763326The 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.