Pine Forest, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Pickton-Pine Forest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75471. The Survey maps it on the Como quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Como quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Sulphur Springs quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Pine Forest between 2000 and 2020, burning about 441 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 190 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 391 |
| 4 March 2007 | Debris and open burning | 43 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 77 |
| 3 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 2 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 February 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 February 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 13 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6061 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pine Forest in 3 storm reports between 1996 and 2009: 2 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | $200 | Thunderstorm winds blew down trees. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Pine Forest | - | Vehicles were unable to pass on FM 269 at CR 3310 due to high water. |
| July 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pine Forest | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bethel | 2.7 miles | 8 | |
| Winterfield | 2.8 miles | 9 | |
| Greenwood | 3.3 miles | 9 | |
| Weaver | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| East Caney | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| White Oak Junction | 4.5 miles | 9 | |
| Pine Hill | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Brinker | 5.8 miles | 9 |
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 Q49360790 | 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 1378864. 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.




