Hackberry, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Paducah South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79248. It stands on Buffalo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Chalk quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
3 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Lubbock quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1968 USGS Chalk quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Dickens quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hackberry between 2006 and 2017, burning about 1,186 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 3 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 120 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 July 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE - 14 MILES SE |
| 24 July 2017 | Natural | 567 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GIBSON RANCH |
| 25 June 2008 | Natural | 18 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 2011 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 8 April 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1278 DON HUTCHINSON RANCH |
| 12 March 2006 | Recreation and ceremony | 375 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
23 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hackberry in 23 storm reports between 2000 and 2026: 18 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2000 | Hail | Hackberry | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Hackberry | $15,000 | Very large hail damaged cars and broke windows at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 1038 and County Road 490. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Hackberry | $10,000 | The Cottle County Sheriff's Office reported golfball size hail. |
| April 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | $500 | A cooperative observer reported a tin roof and doors blown off of a barn southeast of Paducah as a severe thunderstorm moved by. |
| March 2026 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 1909 CST through 1912 CST. A peak wind gust of 68 mph was measured at 1910 CST. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Hackberry | - | Local broadcast media relayed a report of hail near Hackberry measuring approximately two inches in diameter. No damage was reported at the time. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 0114 CST to 0116 CST. A peak wind gust of 73 mph was measured at 0115 CST. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 1948 CST to 1949 CST. A peak wind gust of 67 mph was measured at 1949 CST. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 2247 CST through 2250 CST. A peak wind gust of 61 mph was measured at 2249 CST. |
| June 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 1743 CST through 1750 CST. A peak wind gust of 72 mph was measured at 1746 CST. |
| February 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 1756 CST through 1757 CST. A peak wind gust of 64 mph was measured at 1756 CST. |
| May 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 2111 CST through 2112 CST. A peak wind gust of 70 mph was measured at 2112 CST. |
| October 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured a wind gust of 59 mph. |
| May 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured a wind gust of 58 mph. |
| July 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 1503 CST through 1504 CST. A peak wind gust of 60 mph was measured at 1504 CST. |
| June 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured 59 mph wind gusts from 0758 CST through 0759 CST. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured severe wind gusts from 1942 CST through 1943 CST. A peak wind gust of 96 mph was measured at 1943 CST. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured a peak wind gust to 78 mph at 1653 CST. Intermittent severe wind gusts were measured from 1648 through 1658 CST. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured a wind gust to 61 mph. |
| March 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | Measured by a Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry recorded a wind gust to 61 mph. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hackberry | - | A Texas Tech University West Texas mesonet site near Hackberry measured a wind gust to 58 mph. |
| May 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Hackberry | - | Fire department report of a brief tornado touchdown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chalk | 5.5 miles | 8 | |
| Sneedville | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Paducah | 9.9 miles | 8 | |
| Jacobs (historical) | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Ogden | 11.0 miles | 8 | |
| Ginsite | 11.4 miles | 8 | |
| Valley View | 13.1 miles | 8 | |
| Delwin | 13.9 miles | 8 |
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 Hackberry | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q127691296 | 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 1379875. 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.


