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Walkers Mill, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hallsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75650. The Survey maps it on the Hallsville quadrangle.

Walkers Mill within Harrison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

222 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 222 fires within 5 miles of Walkers Mill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,424 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 15 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 burning147
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Power generation/transmission/distribution8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking4
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3

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 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service140000288
7 September 2011Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAM HALL RD
7 September 1992Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARRISON 14:29
6 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service140000283
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHAYNES RD
5 September 2005Debris and open burning9.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 342
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service15-22407

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harrison County

Storms near this place

26 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Walkers Mill in 26 storm reports between 2007 and 2025: 11 thunderstorm wind, 8 hail, 6 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2011Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill$15,000A large pine tree fell on a home northeast of Hallsville, Texas. There were no injuries reported with this event.
May 2015Flash FloodWalkers Mill$10,000A bridge was washed out due to flooding on Sam Hall Road north northeast of Hallsville, Texas.
May 2025Flash FloodWalkers Mill-FM 449 near Franklin Road was closed due to flooding.
April 2025Flash FloodWalkers Mill-FM 449 near Franklin Road was closed due to flooding.
November 2025Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Tree downed near Spellings Road and Highway 154.
May 2024HailWalkers Mill-Quarter size hail reported near the intersection of Hynson Springs Road and FM Road 450.
April 2022Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-A tree was blown down at the intersection of FM 449 and FM 450.
April 2020HailWalkers Mill-Quarter size hail fell about 6 miles north of Hallsville.
April 2020HailWalkers Mill-Quarter size hail fell just southwest of Nesbitt.
July 2020Flash FloodWalkers Mill-A CoCoRaHS observer and retired NWS employee reported that Page Creek ran out of its banks and flooded portions of Walker Mill Road north of Hallsville. High water flooded several nearby fields and yards, and sandbags were needed to keep the high water from entering a home.
July 2020Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Several trees were blown down near Hallsville.
March 2019HailWalkers Mill-Quarter size hail fell just southwest of the Nesbitt community.
June 2019Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-A NWS Storm Survey confirmed straight line wind damage along Highway 154 and Haynes Road. Numerous trees fell into homes, with the majority of the damage focused along Highway 154. The most significant structural damage was found along Haynes Road west of Nesbitt. It was here where a barn and carport had their metal panels completely removed from their roofs with the metal wrapped around nearby trees.
August 2019Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-A retired NWS employee and current CoCoRaHS observer reported large tree branches that were broken in his yard, with patio furniture blown over.
March 2018HailWalkers Mill-Nickel size hail fell just northwest of the Nesbitt community.
April 2018HailWalkers Mill-Golfball size hail fell on Winding Way north of Hallsville. Report via CoCoRaHS from a retired NWS Employee.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Several large tree limbs were downed. The wind also got under a mobile home, dislodging some of the skirt along the base of the home.
May 2015Flash FloodWalkers Mill-Over 3 feet of water was reported across FM. 449 near Walkers Mill Road north northeast of Hallsville, Texas.
May 2013Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Multiple trees were downed on Hwy. 154 near Nesbitt, Texas.
May 2011Tornado (EF0)Walkers Mill-The National Weather Service conducted a storm survey in Harrison County and concluded that damage was the result of an EF0 tornado. The tornado first touched down over a wooded area along Young Road snapping a few small trees and limbs. The tornado crossed Hickey road and Fire Tower Road where a few trees were snapped and uprooted. The tornado tracked northeast crossing Noonday Road snapping a few trees. The tornado ended along hwy 154 west of Nesbit snapping a few trees. A video of the tornado was provided to the NWS as evidence from a storm spotter near Nesbit. The Maximum winds are estimated at 65-70 mph.
May 2009Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Trees were downed in the western portion of the county.
July 2009HailWalkers Mill-Hail was reported along Hwy. 80 between Longview and Marshall, Texas.
July 2009Flash FloodWalkers Mill-Page Creek was out of its banks with over a foot of water in adjacent fields. A measured 4.10 inches of rainfall fell in the 24 hour period ending at 10 am cst.
August 2008Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Several trees were downed across County Roads in the western portion of the county.
November 2007Thunderstorm WindWalkers Mill-Trees blew down near town.
April 2009HailWalkers Mill-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Harrison 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
Carterville1.9 miles13
Friendship (historical)2.6 miles13
Mulberry Springs2.9 miles13
Noonday3.1 miles13
Nesbitt5.3 miles12
Hallsville6.0 miles13
Harleton6.1 miles13
Lansing6.8 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379225. 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.