Pinehill, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Pinehill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75654. It stands on Buckner Branch. The Survey maps it on the Long Branch quadrangle. It stands 387 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Minden quadrangle1:62500
- 1983 USGS Long Branch quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
212 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Pinehill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 955 acres in total. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 108 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 233 |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 352 E |
| 25 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2867 |
| 25 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 572 |
| 22 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pinehill in 6 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinehill | - | Large tree limbs were snapped on CR 366 east of FM 1798. |
| April 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinehill | - | Multiple trees downed on FM Road 1798 near the Pine Hill community. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF2) | Pinehill | - | An EF-2 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 130 mph, touched down along County Road 3124 in extreme Eastern Rusk County, snapping and uprooting several trees before crossing County Road 3121 into Western Panola County. While the stronger winds were noted in Panola County, maximum winds were estimated to be near 90 mph (low EF-1 strength) in extreme Eastern Rusk County. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinehill | - | A large tree was blown down across FM 2867 near the Pine Hill community. |
| April 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinehill | - | Tree down across Farm to Market Road 1798 in the Pine Hill community near the Rusk/Panola County line. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pinehill | - | Trees were downed across the road at the intersection of FM. 1798 and FM. 348 in the Pinehill community. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman | 3.5 miles | 12 | |
| Brachfield | 4.7 miles | 12 | |
| Church Hill | 6.8 miles | 12 | |
| Liberty | 7.7 miles | 12 | |
| Minden | 8.3 miles | 12 | |
| New Prospect | 9.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bryce | 10.0 miles | 11 | |
| Dirgin | 10.6 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.
| Wikipedia article on Pinehill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q130242227 | 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 1378869. 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.




