BlockYellowpine, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Hemphill census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75948. It stands on Cooper Branch. The Survey maps it on the Hemphill 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.
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Hemphill quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Hemphill quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Leesville quadrangle1:100000
- 2003 USGS Hemphill quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
115 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Yellowpine between 1992 and 2020, burning about 960 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 24 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 | 38 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 24 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | ELLIOT |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | GUIDRY |
| 4 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | JAMES |
| 26 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANDER'S CIRCLE |
| 26 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7120 |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | 21 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | SIX MILE FIRE |
| 26 September 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 25 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Yellowpine in 14 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 7 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 2008 | Tornado (EF1) | Yellowpine | $50,000 | A tornado touched down in an open field near the Yellowpine Community. It travelled northeast destroying a large hay barn. Several trees and power lines were also snapped off. Tin roofing material was noted in the trees roughly 100 feet north of the barn across the road. Debris also damaged a trailer home on the east side of SR. 87 and the skirting was blown off. |
| March 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Yellowpine | $15,000 | A brief EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 100 mph touched down just east of Highway 87 near Lickety Split Trail where severe trees were uprooted. The tornado continued east-northeast where it caused damage to outbuildings at a residence with one outbuilding destroyed. Tree damage continued downstream, but the lack of road access prevented additional observations. |
| March 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Yellowpine | $10,000 | This strong EF1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 105 mph touched down in the Sabine National Forest along Forest Road 144, where numerous softwood trees were snapped and uprooted. The heaviest concentration of damage was near the intersection of Forest Road 144 and Forest Road 144A, where the tornado was at its strongest and widest. This tornado tracked northeast across inaccessible areas of the forest, before crossing Highway 87 just south of the Six Mile community. Numerous additional softwood trees were snapped and uprooted between Forest Road 182 and Shawnee Shores Drive, before lifting within a cove in Toledo Bend Reservoir along Shawnee Shores Drive. The tornado had a maximum width of 625 yards and tracked over 5 miles. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | Large tree downed across Highway 87 just north of the fire station in Six Mile community. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | Two large trees downed across FM Road 2343 near Rice Field Road. |
| January 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | Trees were downed just south of Hemphill. |
| May 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | A tree was blocking Hwy. 87 south between Hemphill and Yellowpine. Several other trees were downed across the county as well. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Yellowpine | - | Texas Department of Transportation reported that the intersection of FM. 3315 and FM. 944 was flooded and closed as well as SH. 87. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | Numerous trees and power lines were downed across Central and Southern Sabine County. Trees were down on power lines, and power poles were leaning over. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | Trees were downed near Yellowpine, Texas. |
| December 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Yellowpine | - | A tree was downed across FM. 2343 near Yellowpine, Texas. |
| February 2008 | Hail | Yellowpine | - | A public report of hail was received from the community of Yellow Pine. |
| June 2008 | Hail | Yellowpine | - | Hail reported just east of Yellowpine, Texas. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Yellowpine | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mason | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Hemphill | 5.7 miles | 11 | |
| Fairmount | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Clarktown | 6.8 miles | 10 | |
| Stringtown | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Strickland Crossing | 7.6 miles | 11 | |
| Pineland | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Magasco | 8.1 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1383004. 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.