Riderville, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Carthage census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75633. The Survey maps it on the Beckville quadrangle.
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
- 1958 USGS Carthage quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Beckville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
396 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 396 fires within 5 miles of Riderville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 994 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 11 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 | 216 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 54 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 47 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 28 |
| Smoking | 14 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 12 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 11 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2009-0086 |
| 7 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6290 |
| 6 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 208 |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | C.R. 3032 - LOT 32 |
| 5 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 476 |
| 4 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Riderville: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Silica | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Riderville in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Hail | Riderville | - | Quarter size hail reported just west of Carthage. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderville | - | Several trees and power lines were blown down near and north of Carthage. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Riderville | - | Multiple roads were flooded and closed through Central and Southern Panola County. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Riderville | - | A picture of golf ball size hail that fell in the Rocky Hill community was posted to social media. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Riderville | - | A picture of half dollar size hail that fell in the Grand Bluff community was posted to social media. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderville | - | A tree was blown down on County Road 305 just north of Carthage. |
| October 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderville | - | A tree was blown down across the intersection of County Road 202 and County Road 230. |
| March 2015 | Flash Flood | Riderville | - | Several County roads were flooded and closed in and around the city of Carthage, Texas. |
| February 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Riderville | - | The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey and determined that a weak EF0 tornado touched down north of Carthage, Texas. Damage consisted of numerous large limbs and a few pine trees snapped along FM 1794 just south of the Sabine River. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Riderville | - | Many roads were reported to be underwater and closed in Carthage, Texas. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Riderville | - | One large tree and several large tree limbs were downed along Highway 59 just north of Carthage, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holland Quarters | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Carthage | 3.4 miles | 13 | |
| Walnut Grove | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Delray | 5.0 miles | 14 | |
| Beckville | 5.2 miles | 14 | |
| Grand Bluff | 5.8 miles | 13 | |
| Hudson Mast | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pleasant Ridge | 6.6 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 Riderville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127705231 | 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 1380438. 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.




