Jim Hogg County, Texas

28 topographic sheets cover 14 settlements here.

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Jim Hogg County within Texas

What the record shows

113 topographic sheet readings cover the county's settlements.
The Geographic Names Information System records 14 populated places in this county; 14 are covered by at least one topographic sheet.

The county from the air

17 shown

Flown by the U.S. Geological Survey between 1937 and 1989, the Aerial Photo Single Frames collection is the definitive mid-century view of the land: fields, roads and rivers as the camera saw them. The Survey holds 2,120 frames inside the rectangle that bounds this county; the 17 frames below were taken over the county itself, chosen across the decades of flights (at most four a year from that rectangle), so one flight cannot crowd out the rest. The full set is free to browse and download at EarthExplorer under the dataset Aerial Photo Single Frames.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1955-01-19, scale 1:71500 — 1955-01-19, scale 1:71500. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1956-12-02, scale 1:63996 — 1956-12-02, scale 1:63996. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1967-03-13, scale 1:19600 — 1967-03-13, scale 1:19600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1970-02-13, scale 1:17600 — 1970-02-13, scale 1:17600. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-30, scale 1:116831 — 1972-08-30, scale 1:116831. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-30, scale 1:117323 — 1972-08-30, scale 1:117323. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph, 1972-08-30, scale 1:118455 — 1972-08-30, scale 1:118455. U.S. Geological Survey aerial photograph.

Weather records

13 stations

The thermometers that kept this county's weather, as the federal records hold them. The extremes below are measured values from those records, not estimates.

HEBBRONVILLE 1905 to 2017, hottest 50.6 C, coldest -11.1 C
AGUA NUEVA 1940 to 1964, hottest 40.6 C, coldest -6.7 C
KAFFIE RCH 1965 to 1971, hottest 40.0 C, coldest -5.6 C
HEBBRONVILLE 17.6 WSW 2012 to 2014
HEBBRONVILLE 0.7 ENE 2018 to 2026
HEBBRONVILLE 4.3 SSE 2018 to 2026
HEBBRONVILLE 17.5 SSE 2018
HEBBRONVILLE 22.1 SSW 2018 to 2020
HEBBRONVILLE 21.2 SSE (JONES R 2018 to 2026
HEBBRONVILLE 32.4 S (BORREGOS 2018 to 2026
HEBBRONVILLE 32.3 SSW 2018 to 2025
HEBBRONVILLE 13.2 WSW 2018 to 2020
HEBBRONVILLE 14.8 SSE (SUGAR C 2019 to 2026

The 1950 census, district by district

8 districts

Who lived here in 1950, one enumeration district at a time, as the Census Bureau described each district. Each row opens its official National Archives result, with Population Schedules and ED Maps available there.

124-1Hebbronville, unincorporated, comprising parts of Justice Precincts 1 and 2: Hebbronville, unincorporated - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by Joseph St. extended; Mesquite St.; Unnamed St.; Precinct line
124-2Hebbronville, unincorporated - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by Unnamed St.; Mesquite St.; Railroad, Unnamed St.; Precinct line
124-3Hebbronville, unincorporated - That part in Justice Precinct 1 Bounded by Unnamed St., Railroad, Mesquite St., Rd. to Balderas; Hebbronville - Hebron Rd.; Unnamed road extended, Unnamed road, Unnamed road, Unnamed road; Precinct line
124-4Hebbronville, unincorporated - That part in Justice Precinct 2 Bounded by Joseph St. extended; Precinct line; Texas - Mexican Railway; Sigrid St., Sigrid St. extended
124-5Justice Precinct 1 - That part outside the unincorporated place of Hebbronville (See separate map for boundaries of Hebbronville) (Remainder of Justice Precinct 1 is in the unincorporated place of Hebbronville)
124-6Justice Precinct 2 - That part outside the unincorporated place of Hebbronville (See separate map for boundaries of Hebbronville) (Remainder of Justice Precinct 2 is in the unincorporated place of Hebbronville)
124-7Justice Precinct 3
124-8Justice Precinct 4

Wildfire, 2004 to 2020

27 fires

Every wildfire the federal occurrence database records inside this county: 27 of them, burning about 27,048 acres. None started naturally and none was recorded as arson. Each settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it.

Reported cause	Fires
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	13
Debris and open burning	8
Equipment and vehicle use	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2

The five largest, by the area the report gives. None of them was recorded as arson.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
18 March 2008	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	10,000 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	DANA
31 January 2008	Debris and open burning	6,400 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	JONES RANCH
5 February 2008	Debris and open burning	2,300 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	SAN RAFAEL
15 June 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1,300 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BOLT FIRE
21 February 2004	Debris and open burning	1,000 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	SAN ISIDRO
23 February 2005	Debris and open burning	950 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	BORREGO
27 December 2007	Debris and open burning	800 acres	South Texas Refuge Complex	AGUA NUEVA RANCH
10 March 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	675 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LOS OLMOS FIRE

Every settlement page carries the fires within five miles of it - see the settlement index below.

Storms, 1980 to 2025

60 of 84 shown

The NOAA Storm Events Database holds 84 reports for this county, causing no deaths, no injuries and about $1,716,000 in recorded property damage. Each settlement page carries the reports that name it.

Kind of event	Reports
Hail	28
Thunderstorm Wind	26
Flash Flood	14
Heavy Rain	10
Tornado	4
Lightning	2

The most serious of them, by death, then injury, then recorded damage. The accounts are quoted exactly as the forecast office filed them.

When	Event	Place named	Harm	What the report says
July 2010	Tornado (EF1)	Hebbronville	$1,500,000	A tornado was reported in the Hebbronville area by the border patrol and public.\|A tornado touched down in the Hebbronville area just after 5 pm, flipping a tractor trailer, uprooting trees, snapping large limbs, and causing a gas leak. The tornado knocked out power to at least 1762 AEP Power customers, more than half of the town. The tornado formed along a remnant shear axis left behind after Hurricane Alex dissipated in Mexico. The elevated humidity levels combined with daytime heating and low to mid level turbulence likely contributed to the development of the tornado producing thunderstorm.\|\|A preliminary assessment of damages in Hebbronville indicated areas of EF-1 (85 to 105 mph) winds. The EF-1 damages occurred in the central and southeast areas of Hebbronville into the center of town, EF-0 damages occurred from the center of town to areas northwest of town which included areas around Hebbronville High School. \|\|The tornado formed to the southeast of Hebbronville between 450 and 5 pm. The tornado crossed State Highway 285 about 1/2 mile east of the intersection with State Highway 16, and entered a Texas Department of Transportation maintenance yard, tearing a section off a roof and collapsing a section of a metal parking area. It continued to the north northwest into a residential area, taking the roof off one modular home, snapping several power poles, rolling a mobile home onto its roof, and damaging numerous mesquite trees. The tornado continued moving northwest toward downtown and knocked down numerous power lines, then struck a grocery store and blew a billboard onto a few parked cars. A loaded tractor trailer was rolled onto its roof and against the grocery store. The tornado then moved north northwest, causing lesser tree damage along Maria and Frans Avenues. The weakening tornado crossed over a school, with no notable damage. It then moved by Hebbronville High Schools Gruy stadium, bending a goalpost and knocking over some fencing around tennis courts just west of the school campus. The tornado then lifted, with no damage noted beyond this location.\|\|Considerable damage was rated EF-1 from the southeast side of Hebbronville until reaching downtown, with wind speeds of 90 to 100 mph. EF-0 damage (below 85 mph) was seen from northwest of downtown to the area around the high school.
June 2015	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	$100,000	Heavy rainfall across northern Jim Hogg County resulted in flash flooding in Hebbronville. Hebbronville Fire Department reported that at least 2.5 feet of flowing water was over the road on Galbraith Street, in particular near the intersections of Galbraith Street and N Maria Avenue and Galbraith Street and Wilhelma Avenue. At least one car was stuck in the flowing water, with water over the hood of the car.
June 2006	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	$25,000	Thunderstorms produced 7 inches of rain in a short period of time in Hebbronville. The runoff from this rainfall quickly produced street flooding and flooding of low-lying that affected businesses and homes. Additionally, the creek that runs through Hebbronville went over its banks.
May 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$25,000	The fire department in Hebbronville reported that winds around 60 mph blew down power lines in the south side of Hebbronville. Residents suffered power outages of nearly 2 hours.
May 2015	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	$20,000	Jim Hogg County Sheriffs Office reported 6 inches to 1 foot of water on all roads in Hebbronville. 2 water rescues were from vehicles were completed and water was reported inside 1 building. Los Olmos Creek was reported to be at capacity and in danger of flowing over the roadway.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$10,000	EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE
April 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$5,000	Trained spotter reported damage near the intersection of FM3073 and Highway 16, southwest of Hebbronville. Travel trailers, portable buildings and trees were blown over.
May 1995	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$5,000	Power lines down. Streets flooded.
June 2010	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$4,000	Law enforcement reported that four utility poles were toppled by strong gusty winds which occurred during a squall line which moved through Hebbronville late Wednesday evening June 2nd. There was a brief power loss affecting the entire city of Hebbronville as a result of the utility pole damages. At 834 PM CST, the public reported estimated gusts of 50 mph on the leading edge of the line. At Hebbronville Airport (about 4 miles northwest of town), a peak gust of 38 mph was recorded at 820 PM CST.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$4,000	Wind damage to residence.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Guerra	$4,000	no account filed
June 2010	Lightning	Hebbronville	$3,000	Law enforcement reported that several power poles were struck by lightning late Wednesday evening throughout Hebbronville and western Jim Hogg County.
May 2010	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	$2,000	Persistent heavy thunderstorms dropped several inches of rainfall from Hebbronville to the northeast Jim Hogg/Brooks County line for a couple hours around sunset. Emergency management reported extensive street flooding in downtown Hebbronville, but water heights and structural damage information was unavailable as of this writing. Radar estimated heavier rains along and north of Highway 285 east of town. Removing possible hail contamination, perhaps 6 inches fell in the northeast quarter of the county, similar to observed values just north in Duval County. The cooperative observation at Hebbronville (north side of town) recorded 2.32 inches.
August 2009	Lightning	Hebbronville	$2,000	Two transformers were struck by lightning in the city of Hebbronville, reported by the Jim Hogg County Sheriff Department.
May 1999	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$2,000	Trees and limbs down.
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$2,000	no account filed
May 1997	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$2,000	no account filed
February 1998	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	$1,000	Barn damaged by wind.
May 2025	Hail	Guerra	-	There was a report from a trained spotter of baseball size hail at the intersection of FM2687 and FM649.
May 2024	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	Emergency Management reported a tree on a car in Hebbronville. Wind speed estimated.
April 2023	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Member of the public shared a picture of a hail stone that was estimated to be about the size of a quarter in the Hebbronville area at 9:10AM CDT. The post was made at 9:14AM CDT and radar corroborated the report.
April 2023	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Nickel to quarter sized hail was reported by the public around 9:25PM CDT a little over 2 miles southwest of Hebbronville along Texas Highway 16 near the intersection of Farm to Market 3073. Additional reports of penny to quarter sized hail were reported by the public from the same storm in and around the town of Hebbronville between 9:30PM CDT and 9:50PM CDT.
April 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	The Hebbronville RAWS site recorded a wind gust of 54 knots at 9:46PM CDT.
September 2023	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	A complex of showers and storms moved through Jim Hogg County the evening of September 15th into the very early morning hours of September 16th. According to utility companies, over half of their customers lost power during the event. Unfortunately, this led to the AWOS in Hebbronville to stop reporting shortly before the worst of the storm arrived. Before it went offline, the AWOS station recorded a gust of 38 mph. The combination of the number of power outages coupled with radar data was used a guide for this event.
May 2017	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported flooding on West Galbraith and at the intersection of Viggie and Hinjosa. Radar estimated 2.0 to 2.5 inches of rainfall.
April 2017	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	Jim Hogg County Sheriffs Office reported flooding at the intersections of Linar and Smith, Mesquite and Smith, and Viggie and Smith.
April 2017	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	COOP observer in Hebbronville reported 2.60 inches of rain.
March 2015	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	Hebbronville Co-Op observer reported 3.8 inches of rainfall.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	Jim Hogg County EM reported powerlines down over the roadway in Hebbronville.
May 2014	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	Local law enforcement reported wind damage to trailers and trees in the South Fork Estates at the intersection of FM 3073 and Highway 16.
May 2012	Hail	Randado	-	Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported quarter size hail in Randado.
July 2012	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	An area of bias-corrected rainfall of 4 to 6 inches fell in rural Jim Hogg County during the evening of July 13th.
May 2012	Tornado (EF0)	Randado	-	Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office reported tornado briefly touched down at the intersection of Highway 16 and FM 649 in the vicinity of Randado.
May 2010	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	The cooperative observer in Hebbronville recorded 4.47 inches of rain in several hours as a cluster of slow moving storms moved across the Brush Country of Deep South Texas into the King Ranch region of Brooks and Kenedy County. This one day rainfall was well above the monthly average and shattered the single day record for May 25th. Urban type nuisance flooding occurred in town, with no threat to property.
May 2009	Heavy Rain	Randado	-	The Jim Hogg Sheriff's Department reported water along and over State Highway 16 near the city of Randado during and a little after a thunderstorm moved through the area with locally heavy rainfall, estimated by radar to be more than 2 inches. The water depth on Highway 16 was estimated to be in inches, and the road was still passable.
May 2009	Hail	Hebbronville	-	The Jim Hogg Sheriffs Department reported golf ball size hail fell on Highway 16 approximately 10 miles south of the city of Hebbronville as a severe thunderstorm moved through the area.
August 2009	Heavy Rain	Hebbronville	-	More than 2.7 inches of rain fell during a two to three hour period at the cooperative observing site in Hebbronville during the late evening of August 28th.
July 2008	Heavy Rain	Randado	-	Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Department reported the southbound lane of Route 16 experienced nuisance flooding, with one half to one inch of water covering the road for a distance of approximately 3 miles, approximately 13 miles southwest of Hebbronville.
March 2007	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Spotters with the Hebbronville Fire Department reported hail the size of pennies.
June 2007	Heavy Rain	Agua Nueva	-	A trained spotter reported 5 inches of rain fell in 60 to 80 minutes in southeastern Jim Hogg County.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Jim Hogg County sheriff Department reported standing water om FM 1017 and Highway 16. Fm 1017 from Hebbronville to 18 miles south is impassible.
June 2007	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Flooding of Highway 16 southwest of Hebbronville near Randado was reported.
April 2006	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Large hail to 1 inch in diameter was reported by the Hebbronville Fire Department.
April 2006	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	A wind gust to 65 mph was estimated in a severe thunderstorm by the Hebbronville Fire Department.
April 2006	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Jim Hogg Sheriff's Department reported flash flooding across the convergence of FM 1017 and Highway 16.
July 2005	Tornado (F0)	Hebbronville	-	Tornado occurred just southwest of Hebbronville over open rangeland. No damage noted or reported.
April 2004	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Large hail reported by a NWS Co-op observer.
April 2004	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Large hail reported by Jim Hogg County Sheriff's Office.
April 2004	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Hail to the size of pennies was reported by the local emergency manager.
June 2004	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Thunderstorms with very heavy rainfall produced flash flooding of Farm to Market road 1017 near Hebbronville.
November 2004	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	A cluster of severe thunderstorms produced golf ball size hail and damaging winds in and just south of Hebbronville.
October 2003	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Flash flooding of numerous roadways in and around Hebbronville was reported by the Jim Hogg county Sheriff's Office.
May 2002	Hail	Hebbronville	-	Border Patrol reported golf ball hail southwest of Hebbronville
July 2002	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Intense thunderstorms produced up to 4 inches of rain in an hour and flash flooding in Hebbronville.
July 2002	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Flash flooding of Highway 1017 west of Hebbronville was reported by the Hebbronville Fire Department.
September 2002	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Intense thunderstorms produced flash flooding south of Hebbronville. The flood waters resulted in the temporary closing of Highway 1017.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	The public reported large tree limbs down southeast of Hebbronville.
May 2001	Thunderstorm Wind	Hebbronville	-	The public reported large tree limbs down south of Hebbronville.
May 2001	Hail	Randado	-	Dime size hail was reported by a Border Patrol Agent along Highway 16.
August 2001	Flash Flood	Hebbronville	-	Law enforcement officials from Jim Hogg county reported that Highway 16 remained closed due to the high water over the road.

Mines and quarries

1 recorded

The Survey's mineral resources record lists 1 working inside this county. It is closed or unrecorded. Each settlement page carries the workings within five miles of it.

Commodity	Workings
Uranium	1

The least common of them first, because a county's hundredth gravel pit says nothing its first ten did not.

Where	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Silver Lake Deposit	Uranium	Past Producer	Stratabound

Every populated place in the county

Named settlements recorded in the Geographic Names Information System, each with the topographic sheets covering it. Villages, hamlets and abandoned places alike. Each is shown with the nearest named watercourse or landform and the survey quadrangle it falls on.

Agua Nueva

South Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Agua Nueva quadrangle

11 sheets, 1938 to 1992
Cuevitas

South Jim Hogg census division · 78360 · Cuevitas quadrangle

11 sheets, 1938 to 1992
Guerra

South Jim Hogg census division · 78360 · Guerra quadrangle

11 sheets, 1938 to 1992
Hebbronville

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
Humble Colorado Camp

South Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Guerra quadrangle

11 sheets, 1938 to 1992
Las Lomitas

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
Las Lomitas A Colonia

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
Las Lomitas B Colonia

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
Las Lomitas C Colonia

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
Randado

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Randado quadrangle

8 sheets, 1939 to 1985
San Antonio Viejo

South Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · San Antonio Viejo quadrangle

10 sheets, 1938 to 1992
South Fork Colonia

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
South Fork Estates

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Hebbronville quadrangle

6 sheets, 1956 to 1985
Thompsonville

North Jim Hogg census division · 78361 · Thompsonville quadrangle

9 sheets, 1939 to 1985

Provenance

Topographic sheets. USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection, county index, measured from the bulk metadata.
Fire insurance maps. Library of Congress Sanborn collection, faceted to this county.
Photographs. Each place queried individually against the Library of Congress Prints and Photographs search.
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.