Rockhill, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the McKinney census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75033. The Survey maps it on the Frisco quadrangle. It stands 735 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1929 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1969 USGS Frisco quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
63 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Rockhill between 2005 and 2017, burning about 472 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 was 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 | 35 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
| 21 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PANTHER CREEK COMMAND |
| 21 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DALLAS PARKWAY COMMAND |
| 2 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHANCE FIRE |
| 18 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIFORD COMMAND |
| 15 September 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOCKINGBIRD FIRE |
| 7 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KENT COMMAND |
| 6 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAIN STREET GRASS FIRE |
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 Rockhill: 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
9 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rockhill in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2025: 4 lightning, 3 hail, 1 tornado, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2018 | Lightning | Rockhill | $400,000 | Frisco Fire Department determined that a house fire was caused by lightning from a Thursday evening thunderstorm. The fire rendered the building unsafe and generated approximately 400,000 dollars in damage. |
| March 2021 | Lightning | Rockhill | $350,000 | Lightning started a house fire on Vera Cruz in Frisco. Damage was to the roof and second floor. Lightning also struck an outdoor warning siren on Donnie Mayfield Way. |
| May 2024 | Lightning | Rockhill | $300,000 | A home on Yoakam Drive in Frisco suffered heavy damage from a lightning-started fire. |
| April 2021 | Lightning | Rockhill | $100,000 | Lightning started a house fire on Yoakum Drive in Frisco. |
| March 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Rockhill | $25,000 | A brief EF-0 tornado formed on the UNT Frisco campus damaging a few signs and moving a car. The tornado then quickly moved northeast, crossing Preston Road, where it uprooted some young trees and broke additional tree limbs. The tornado dissipated soon after that, before reaching the Camden Panther Creek Apartments. Maximum winds with this tornado were 85 mph. The tornado was initially confirmed by video. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Rockhill | $10,000 | The COOP Observer from Frisco reported 1.5 hail in the northwestern portions of the city. Minor tree damage was noted due to the hail. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rockhill | $8,000 | Six downed power poles were reported along northbound Dallas Pkwy near Texas Health Frisco. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Rockhill | - | A member of the public reported quarter sized hail 2 miles SSW of Prosper. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Rockhill | - | Quarter sized hail reported just east of Eldorado Parkway and Preston Road. |
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 Rockhill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076567 | 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 1378974. 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.





