Panola, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the De Berry-Deadwood census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75639. The Survey maps it on the Panola quadrangle. It stands 318 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Waskom quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Waskom quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Panola quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
175 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Panola between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,164 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 14 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 | 77 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6304 |
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE LOS ALTOS |
| 9 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 89 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 230 |
| 9 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RABBIT ROAD COMMAND |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 213 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Panola in 14 storm reports between 1993 and 2023: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1993 | Hail | Panola | $50,000 | Hail damaged some cars. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Trees and power lines downed throughout Panola County. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Several large trees downed across U.S. Highway 79 in the Panola area. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Trees reported down in DeBerry. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | A tree was downed along Highway 79 near Bethany. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Two small pine trees had their trunks snapped by straight line winds estimated near 70 mph. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | A tree was blown down onto power lines on County Road 328. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Trees and power lines were downed in the Panola community. |
| March 2018 | Hail | Panola | - | Golfball size hail fell near the Deberry community. |
| October 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | Several trees were downed on FM 9 in the Panola community. |
| November 2018 | Flash Flood | Panola | - | Highway 79 was flooded and closed between County Road 328 and County Road 3371 near the DeBerry community. |
| April 1994 | Hail | Panola | - | Numerous trees were blown down by high winds. |
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Panola | - | no account filed |
| April 1994 | Hail | Panola | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethany | 2.8 miles | 15 | |
| De Berry | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| DeBerry | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Centennial | 9.2 miles | 17 | |
| Midyett | 9.4 miles | 17 | |
| Horton | 10.9 miles | 13 | |
| River Hill | 11.2 miles | 17 | |
| Grand Bluff | 14.6 miles | 13 |
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 Panola | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7131450 | 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 1343515. 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.





