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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.

Rockhill within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

63 since 2005

Regional 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/undetermined35
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking6
Natural3
Debris and open burning3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHASTA & CRANBERRY
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePANTHER CREEK COMMAND
21 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDALLAS PARKWAY COMMAND
2 September 2015Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHANCE FIRE
18 September 2012Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIFORD COMMAND
15 September 2012Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOCKINGBIRD FIRE
7 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKENT COMMAND
6 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution18 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAIN STREET GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
James Fraze Co Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2018LightningRockhill$400,000Frisco 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 2021LightningRockhill$350,000Lightning 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 2024LightningRockhill$300,000A home on Yoakam Drive in Frisco suffered heavy damage from a lightning-started fire.
April 2021LightningRockhill$100,000Lightning started a house fire on Yoakum Drive in Frisco.
March 2024Tornado (EF0)Rockhill$25,000A 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 2011HailRockhill$10,000The 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 2025Thunderstorm WindRockhill$8,000Six downed power poles were reported along northbound Dallas Pkwy near Texas Health Frisco.
April 2025HailRockhill-A member of the public reported quarter sized hail 2 miles SSW of Prosper.
May 2022HailRockhill-Quarter sized hail reported just east of Eldorado Parkway and Preston Road.

Every storm recorded in Collin County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Collin0.8 miles13
Prosper2.2 miles13
Frisco3.8 miles13
Rhea Mills5.5 miles7
Lebanon6.3 miles13
Bloomdale7.2 miles11
Lolaville7.4 miles13
Buckner7.4 miles11

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 RockhillAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076567The 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.