BlockSmithland, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Jefferson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75657. The Survey maps it on the Smithland quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 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.
- 1944 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1948 USGS Kildare quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Smithland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Smithland between 1993 and 2019, burning about 3,362 acres in total. 14 started naturally. 17 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 | 75 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 17 |
| Natural | 14 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCR 3406 FIRE # 2 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MCR 3406 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR3406 |
| 5 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2007 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TONY LEWIS |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
18 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Smithland in 18 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 11 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 2 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2017 | Tornado (EF2) | Smithland | 1 hurt, $800,000 | An EF-2 tornado with maximum winds estimated near 130 mph touched down near Highway 49 just west of the Smithland community, snapping and uprooting numerous trees and downing power lines as it tracked northeast across Highway 43 just north of its intersection of Highway 49. As it crossed Highway 43, the tornado moved several vehicles, completely debarked 3-4 trees about 25-30 feet above the ground, and threw a party barge about 200 yards into a grove of trees. Trees were also downed on a few homes and a travel trailer was flipped over. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Road 3300, where it removed a roof of a home and shifted the home slightly off of its pad. A 75 year old woman inside this home took shelter inside a bathtub before the tornado ripped the tub out of the home and deposited it into some nearby woods. The woman suffered only some cuts and bruises but was able to walk away. The tornado continued northeast crossing County Road 3306 two different times, before entering far southeast Cass County on County Road 4455. This tornado remained on the ground as it entered western Caddo Parish Louisiana. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | $25,000 | Damaging wind gusts blew the roof off a porch of a home on CR. 3300 near the Smithland community just north of Hwy. 49. |
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | $5,000 | Sixty mph winds blew down trees and damaged a barn. |
| March 2024 | Flash Flood | Smithland | - | Parts of Highway 43 near Smithland were flooded. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | Tree downed on Highway 43. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | Trees were downed across the intersection of Highway 49 and Shady Grove Road. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Smithland | - | Quarter size hail fell between Smithland and Caddo Lake State Park along Highway 43. |
| February 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | Trees were downed in the community of Smithland, Texas. |
| September 2009 | Flash Flood | Smithland | - | Portion of Hwy. 49 was closed due to excessive heavy rainfall near Smithland, Texas. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | A tree was downed across Highway 43 in the Smithland, community. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Smithland | - | A strong cyclic supercell moved eastward across the county. This supercell had a history of producing a long track tornado to the west in northeast Texas, specifically Wood, Upshur, Harrison, and Marion Counties and Lincoln and Union Parish in north central Louisiana. Damage was confined to snapped and pushed over trees on the western and eastern of of its track, but in Marion County, Texas, the tornado was confined mainly over open water on Caddo Lake and Clinton Lake. No structures were present along the track. This tornado entered Marion County, TX from Harrison County, TX and continued into Caddo Parish, LA. |
| June 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | Numerous large to medium size trees down. |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | Numerous trees down along Hwy 49. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Smithland | - | Sixty mph winds blew down trees and damaged a barn. |
| February 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | Wind gusts to 65 mph were reported. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Smithland | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Smithland | - | no account filed |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379086. 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.