BlockEdna Hill, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Dublin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76446. The Survey maps it on the Edna Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Edna Hill quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Gustine quadrangle1:62500
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
49 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 49 fires within 5 miles of Edna Hill between 2005 and 2018, burning about 496 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| 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 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 309 GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 322 GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 333 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 325 GRASS FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONNER |
| 7 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Edna Hill in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2021: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Edna Hill | $10,000 | Wind damage was reported in the Edna Hill area. A tree was uprooted, and other heavy items on a ranch were moved. |
| January 2012 | Flash Flood | Edna Hill | $7,000 | Part of CR 309, south of Dublin, was closed after Resley Creek overflowed its banks and flooded the road. An 18 wheeler was swept off the road and carried 200 yards downstream. The driver of the truck had to be rescued, and during the rescue the water level rose another 2 feet in 30 minutes. The exact time of the flash flood or rescue could not be obtained, and the time was estimated from radar. The flash flood occurred during an extended period of areal flooding in the area. |
| January 2012 | Flood | Edna Hill | $1,000 | Nearly 19 hours of continuous rain resulted in the flooding of low-lying areas, creeks, streams, and ditches across Erath County. The county received an average of 4-6 of rain. The newspaper also reported that one driver had to be rescued south of Dublin in a flash flood along Resley Creek. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Edna Hill | - | A tornado touched down near Selden, uprooted several large pecan trees, and killed one cow and injured 17 at a diary. |
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.
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 Edna Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5340054 | 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 1378242. 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.