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Oak Hill, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Henderson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75652. The Survey maps it on the Elderville quadrangle.

Oak Hill within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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

255 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 255 fires within 5 miles of Oak Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,781 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 19 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 burning137
Missing data/not specified/undetermined58
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural11
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
9 September 2013Fireworks4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6305
9 September 1993Debris and open burning6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 1993Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 2004Smoking3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 118
7 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 490
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-0000286
6 September 2000Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 480
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Oak Hill: 4 producers, 1 past producer, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Kaolin, Kaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory), Fire Clay (Refractory), Kaolin. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Burkett PitFire Clay (Refractory), KaolinProducerSedimentary
Lewis PitKaolin, Fire Clay (Refractory)ProducerSedimentary
Henderson Clay Products Burkett PitKaolinProducer
Henderson Clay Products Lewis PitKaolinProducer
Major Brick Sales Co Pit 1ClayPast Producer
Major Brick Sales Co Pit 2ClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Rusk County

Storms near this place

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Oak Hill in 9 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 7 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail. 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
May 1994Thunderstorm WindOak Hill$5,000Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
June 2024Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Trees downed at the intersection of Highway 43 and County Road 2144.
May 2022Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Trees down on Highway 43 between Henderson and Tatum.
June 2021Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-A pine tree was blown down in the 8500 block of Highway 43 northeast of Henderson.
February 2017Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Trees down blocking Farm To Market Road 782 as well as Farm To Market Road 2011 just south of Lake Cherokee in Northern Rusk County.
October 2014Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Numerous trees were downed on Hwy. 43 between Henderson and Tatum, Texas.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindOak Hill-Trees were downed northeast of town.
September 2007HailOak Hill-Hail fell in the community of Oak Hill.
October 1996HailOak Hill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rusk 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
Stewart3.0 miles16
Craig4.6 miles15
Monroe4.8 miles16
Crims Chapel (historical)4.9 miles15
New Prospect5.4 miles12
Dirgin5.7 miles16
Chalk Hill5.9 miles16
Church Hill5.9 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 Oak HillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q116371112The 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 1380273. 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.