Kinsloe, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Liberty City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75662. It stands on Bighead Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore NE quadrangle. It stands 272 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 16 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.
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Kilgore NE quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
363 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 363 fires within 5 miles of Kinsloe between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,525 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 55 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 | 165 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 55 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 251 FM 2011 |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRASH FIRE |
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 206 |
| 6 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6182 |
| 6 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-0011382 |
| 6 September 2009 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 205 |
| 6 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0000285 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kinsloe: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgore Ceramics Corp Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| A & T Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Ingram Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Norton Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Bitulithic Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Kinsloe in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2016: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Kinsloe | - | The Highway 259 Bypass Ramp in northeast Kilgore was closed due to flooding. Traffic was detoured to Farm to Market Road 349. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Kinsloe | - | Highway 42 north of Highway 31 at Rabbit Creek in Kilgore was closed due to flooding. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Kinsloe | - | Highway 31 north of Interstate 20 was closed due to flooding. The water was several inches deep over the roadway. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Kinsloe | - | Meadows Lane was closed due to flooding. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rolling Meadows | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Danville | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Fredonia | 2.6 miles | 16 | |
| Kilgore | 4.3 miles | 15 | |
| Greggton | 4.7 miles | 16 | |
| Longview | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Lakeport | 6.5 miles | 16 | |
| Elderville | 6.6 miles | 16 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q22076511 | 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 1378527. 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.






