Hammond, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Bremond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77837. The Survey maps it on the Hammond quadrangle. It stands 397 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Hammond quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Marlin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
56 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Hammond between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,136 acres in total. 2 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 | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2011 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 944 |
| 21 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAMMOND RD FIRE |
| 19 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEELE RD. FIRE |
| 18 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH6 @ TURNER RD |
| 10 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THOMPSON RD |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH TIDWELL |
| 4 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
7 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hammond in 7 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 4 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 2025 | Flash Flood | Hammond | $2,000 | EM reported that the full length of Kitty Kat Lane was closed due to flooding and is impassable. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Hammond | $2,000 | EM reported FM 1373 at Alligator Creek flooded and impassable. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Hammond | $2,000 | The EM reported the full length of Closs Rd, between Hammond and Calvert, was closed due to flooding. |
| June 2025 | Flash Flood | Hammond | $2,000 | The EM reported the full length of Yastic Rd, between Bremond and Hammond, was closed due to flooding. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | Strong winds blew down trees. |
| December 1997 | Hail | Hammond | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hammond | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tidwell Prairie | 3.0 miles | 8 | |
| Hogg | 3.6 miles | 7 | |
| Salter | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Bremond | 5.2 miles | 7 | |
| Nesbitt | 6.2 miles | 7 | |
| Calvert | 8.4 miles | 8 | |
| Owensville | 10.4 miles | 7 | |
| Calvert Junction | 10.6 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 Hammond | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5645820 | 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 1358706. 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.



