Rhonesboro, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Gilmer census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75755. The Survey maps it on the Rhonesboro quadrangle. It stands 568 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 14 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 Rhonesboro quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Mineola quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
434 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 434 fires within 5 miles of Rhonesboro between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,308 acres in total. 16 started naturally. 19 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 | 248 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 107 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 17 |
| Natural | 16 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 15 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 595 N FM 2689 120316 |
| 5 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1002 COMMAND |
| 5 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 49 COMMAND |
| 4 September 1998 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVE OAK |
| 30 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 647 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rhonesboro in 6 storm reports between 1995 and 2020: 2 tornado, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 2003 | Tornado (F2) | Rhonesboro | $60,000 | A strong cyclic supercell tornado developed over Mineola, Texas while a strong tornado developed shortly there after and moved to the east northeast. Numerous Pine, Oak, and other species of trees were either snapped or pushed over along the entire tornado track. Power lines were taken down across many locations along the track as well. The only structure in the path of this tornado was a construction trailer which was rolled over several times east of Gilmer, Texas. This tornado moved into Upshur County from Wood County and continued into Harrison and Marion Counties of northeast Texas. |
| May 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhonesboro | - | A tree was blown down on top of a vehicle in front of the Harmony Junior High School, trapping a person inside. |
| March 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rhonesboro | - | A tree was blown down on Rain Tree Lakes Circle west of the Harmony community. |
| March 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Rhonesboro | - | Sheriff's Office and Broadcast Media reported seeing a funnel cloud in person and on line storm chaser feed near the Rhonesboro community. |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF1) | Rhonesboro | - | This is a continuation of the Wood County tornado. The EF-1 tornado with estimated winds between 95-105 mph continued moving northeast across a heavily wooded and rural areas of western Upshur County. Numerous trees were snapped and uprooted, before the tornado finally lifted near Farm to Market Road 852 between Horse Road and Greyhound Road. The total path length of this tornado was 27.36 miles. |
| January 1995 | Hail | Rhonesboro | - | High winds damaged the roof of the Harmony School. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rosewood | 3.2 miles | 13 | |
| Grice | 3.7 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Grove | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Kelsey | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Latch | 5.5 miles | 13 | |
| Enon | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Soules Chapel | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Summerfield | 6.5 miles | 13 |
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 Rhonesboro | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q27988053 | 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 1378957. 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.




