Rhea Mills, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Celina census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75078. It stands on Gentle Creek. The Survey maps it on the Weston quadrangle. It stands 730 feet above sea level.
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
- 1961 USGS Weston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
81 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Rhea Mills between 2005 and 2016, burning about 133 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 41 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHASTA & CRANBERRY |
| 9 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1244 GRAY BRANCH |
| 8 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH PRESTON ROAD |
| 20 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1771 S. PRESTON |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRESTON RD/CARTER RANCH RD |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 289/ CR 83 |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 168 & CR 862 |
| 6 August 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1461/CR 84 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rhea Mills: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Fraze Co Limestone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhea Mills in 6 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 5 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2024 | Hail | Rhea Mills | $50,000 | Report from mPING: Golf Ball (1.75 in.). |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhea Mills | $8,000 | A garage door was blown in and street signs twisted near the intersection of FM 1461 and FM 2478 in Prosper. In addition, large tree limbs were also snapped off trees. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Rhea Mills | - | Report from MPing. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Rhea Mills | - | Reported via mPing. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Rhea Mills | - | Reported via mPing. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Rhea Mills | - | Emergency management reported quarter-sized hail approximately 4 miles south of the city of Celina, TX. |
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.
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 Rhea Mills | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14711280 | 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 1380436. 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.



