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Pirtle, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Kilgore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75684. It stands on Davis Creek. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SE quadrangle.

Pirtle within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

483 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 483 fires within 5 miles of Pirtle between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,592 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 29 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 burning193
Missing data/not specified/undetermined142
Power generation/transmission/distribution44
Equipment and vehicle use33
Arson/incendiarism29
Natural15
Smoking13
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Recreation and ceremony5
Firearms and explosives use1
Fireworks1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 128
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution295 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 533
9 September 2007Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service153-D COMMAND
8 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRASH FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 517
7 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 225
7 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 487

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Storms near this place

6 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pirtle in 6 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 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
June 2024Thunderstorm WindPirtle-Tree downed on the southbound lane of U.S. Highway 259 at County Road 146 south of Kilgore.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindPirtle-Numerous trees downed across the northern half of Rusk County between Kilgore and Henderson.
June 2023HailPirtle-Tennis ball size hail reported along Highway 259 near Pyrtle.
November 2018Flash FloodPirtle-The intersection of County Road 173 and County Road 199D was flooded and closed. A vehicle became submerged trying to drive through the floodwaters here, and required a high water rescue.
March 2013Thunderstorm WindPirtle-Trees were downed south of Kilgore, Texas.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindPirtle-Numerous powerlines were downed in the northern portion of the county.

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
Pitner Junction1.3 miles15
Jacobs2.5 miles15
Leverett's Chapel3.6 miles15
Sexton City3.8 miles15
Cross Roads3.8 miles15
Laird Hill4.3 miles15
Craig4.9 miles15
Crims Chapel (historical)5.1 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378873. 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.