Art, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mason East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76820. It stands on Hasse Creek. The Survey maps it on the Art quadrangle. It stands 1,365 feet above sea level.
On record in Art
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
Heinrich and Fredericka Hasse Houselisted 1990
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Art quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of Art between 2005 and 2017, burning about 3,906 acres in total. 4 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29E/AIRPORT RD |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29/NORTHARTRD/L.PALMER |
| 29 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH229E/RR1900 |
| 8 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29E/RR1900/REUBEN RD/R.HINCKLEY |
| 27 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3038 OLD PONTOTOC RD/T.DURST |
| 18 August 2010 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR1900/2418REUBEN RD/R&KHINKLEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Art: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Copper. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mason County Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Art in 6 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 3 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2023 | Hail | Art | - | Public reported half dollar size hail. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Art | - | A low water crossing was flooded causing water to flow over Highway 29. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Art | - | The Mason County Sheriff Office reported extensive street flooding in an near the town of Mason. A couple of high water rescues were also reported. Highway 386 north of Mason was closed. Flash flooding was also reported in Wolf Creek and many other small streams across northern Mason County. |
| June 2009 | Hail | Art | - | Golfball size hail was reported 10 miles east of Mason. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Art | - | There were numerous tree limbs and a few trees blown down. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Art | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedwigs Hill | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Grossville | 6.1 miles | 13 | |
| Mason | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Koockville | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Hilda | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Grit | 11.5 miles | 12 | |
| Loyal Valley | 12.5 miles | 13 | |
| Fredonia | 13.4 miles | 13 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Art | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4796635 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351289. 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.
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.






