Smith Hill, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1990. It stands in the Hooks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75561. It lies near Black Bottom. The Survey maps it on the Redbank quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1950 USGS Redbank quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1951 USGS Redbank quadrangle1:24000
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
- 1990 USGS Idabel quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
70 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Smith Hill between 1993 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 43 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 333 |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 206 |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 636 |
| 22 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 194 |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SPUR 74 |
| 2 September 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6198 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smith Hill in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 hail. 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 2016 | Hail | Smith Hill | - | Nickel size hail fell along Interstate 30 just west of Hooks. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burns | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Redbank | 2.1 miles | 11 | |
| Barkman | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Red Bank | 2.9 miles | 13 | |
| Spanish Bluff (historical) | 4.8 miles | 11 | |
| Hooks | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| Whaley | 5.7 miles | 13 | |
| Victory City | 6.0 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1368487. 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.





