BlockPeniel, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Greenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75401. The Survey maps it on the Greenville NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Greenville NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
177 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 177 fires within 5 miles of Peniel between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,666 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 8 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 | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PHILLIPS NORTH BRANCH - 73 |
| 6 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WEBB FIRE |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.7 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATERMELON FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEE FIRE |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR1061 CRAVEN |
| 3 September 2010 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LEE ST FIRE |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 1079 BRUSH FIRE |
| 23 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MULE PASTURE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Peniel in 3 storm reports between 2017 and 2025: 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Peniel | $100,000 | A National Weather Service survey team concluded that a significant damaging thunderstorm wind event occurred in and near the city of Greenville during the late afternoon hours on Wednesday June 19th. Much of the city was impacted with |widespread tree and structural damage. Maximum wind speeds were estimated near 85 mph.||Location...Greenville to Lone Oak in Hunt County. Widespread tree and structural damage occurred in the city of Greenville. The most significant damage occurred in and just to the northeast of the downtown area where wind speeds were estimated between 70 and 85 mph. Many trees and branches were toppled onto homes, vehicles, storage buildings and fencing, |resulting in considerable residential property damage. Significant structural damage occurred to a few businesses near downtown, including a warehouse building which was pushed over and toppled. A church on Highway 69 southwest of downtown also sustained damage when a roof overhang was peeled back and thrown 30 yards. |No injuries are known to have occurred at this time. ||The debris within the large damage field fell overwhelmingly in a southwesterly through southeasterly direction. The strong wind field was likely caused by a rear flank downdraft on the south side of a severe supercell thunderstorm that tracked east-|southeastward across Hunt County. Eyewitnesses were interviewed and reported a wall cloud and rotation in the sky, but no one conclusively saw a condensation funnel cloud or a connection of the rotation from the sky to the ground. ||The damage began northwest of Greenville along Highway 69 where scattered tree damage occurred indicative of 60 mph winds. Damage increased near Graham Park where wind speeds were estimated at 70 mph. Damage suggested the winds continued to increase to near 80 to 85 mph as it approached downtown from the north. Thereafter |wind speeds decreased below 70 mph as it moved toward I-30 on the south side of town, where scattered tree and sign damage was seen. Scattered tree damage continued south-southeastward toward the community of Lone Oak in southeast Hunt county and Miller Grove in Hopkins county, where winds were estimated at 60 mph. |Scattered tree damage east of Greenville was particularly indicative of divergence, as some tree limbs fell to the east, again suggesting that a downburst was responsible for the winds. |
| January 2025 | Flash Flood | Peniel | $10,000 | Texas Department of Transportation reported that Highway 69 was closed just south of 380 due to high water on the northwest side of Greenville. One vehicle was reported stranded overnight. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Peniel | - | Hunt County Sheriff's Department reported that Highway 69 north of Interstate 30 was closed at the railroad tracks due to high water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reavilon | 1.6 miles | 8 | |
| Greenville | 1.9 miles | 8 | |
| Ardis Heights | 3.3 miles | 8 | |
| Kellogg | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Tidwell | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Concord | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Mineral Heights | 3.7 miles | 6 | |
| Wagner | 5.0 miles | 7 |
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 Peniel | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q10623109 | 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 1343827. 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.