Red Hill, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1910 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Marietta-Douglassville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75560. It stands on Henderson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Linden quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1910 USGS Linden quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Linden quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
235 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 235 fires within 5 miles of Red Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,519 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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 | 145 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 34 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM995 |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1995 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 381 |
| 6 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1995 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6162 |
| 29 September 2003 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 248 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Red Hill: 3 occurrences, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Concord School | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Siderite Mine | Iron | Producer | Limonite, Siderite | |
| Surratt Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Warren Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite |
Storms near this place
10 since 2001Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Red Hill in 10 storm reports between 2001 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | $5,000 | Wind damage was reported to a roof at Hwy. 8 and the CR. 1238 intersection. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Tree downed across Highway 8 south of Douglassville. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Trees downed along Farm to Market Road 995. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Red Hill | - | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds around 90 mph embedded within a quasi-linear convective system (QLCS) briefly touched down and uprooted approximately 10 hardwood and softwood trees along Highway 77 just southeast of Douglassville. The tornado lifted north of Highway 77 and east of FM 2791. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Large tree branches were broken at the intersection of County Roads 1118, 1146, and 1119. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Red Hill | - | A picture of half dollar size hail that fell in the Red Hill community was posted to Facebook. |
| July 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Red Hill | - | Trees were downed resulting in power outages southeast of Douglassville, Texas. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Red Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Red Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2001 | Hail | Red Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gum Springs | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| O'Farrell | 2.7 miles | 11 | |
| Warren Springs | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Almira | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Douglassville | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Pleasant Hill | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Cusseta | 5.3 miles | 11 |
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 Red Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q125155428 | 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 1378941. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.





