Hankamer, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Anahuac census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77560. It stands on Spring Branch. The Survey maps it on the Anahuac quadrangle. It stands 33 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 12 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.
- 1942 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1961 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Hankamer between 1996 and 2014, burning about 909 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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 | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2000 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 346 |
| 30 August 2010 | Natural | under an acre | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF OFFICE CHIP PILE |
| 4 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 600 |
| 18 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 190 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 226 |
| 14 June 1996 | Debris and open burning | 90 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 63 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 360 |
| 5 April 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.3 acres | Anahuac National Wildlife Refuge | WF TCP OFFICE |
| 3 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 67 |
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 Hankamer: 1 past producer, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hankamer Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1928 | |
| Moss Bluff Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1944, 1948, 1982 |
Storms near this place
14 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hankamer in 14 storm reports between 1997 and 2019: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 flash flood, 2 hail, 1 lightning. The reports record 1 death. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2000 | Lightning | Hankamer | 1 killed | Lightning struck and killed 27 year old man. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $100,000 | Two cars and a motorcycle overturned on Loop 562 with wind gusts to 60 mph. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $100,000 | Back porch ripped off home with barn damaged. Two metal outbuildings damaged on FM 563. |
| September 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $25,000 | Truck blown off highway on I-10 at mile marker 829. |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $15,000 | Tree down on Hwy. 61. |
| September 1997 | Hail | Hankamer | $15,000 | Hail near HWY 61. |
| August 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $8,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines north of Interstate 10 across Speights Road. |
| August 2008 | Flash Flood | Hankamer | $5,000 | Interstate 10 was closed near SH 61 due to heavy rains from Tropical Storm Edouard. |
| May 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $5,000 | Trees blown down on FM 563 |
| October 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hankamer | $3,000 | Trees blown down. |
| January 1998 | Hail | Hankamer | $3,000 | no account filed |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Hankamer | - | Route 61 under Interstate 10 flooded. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Hankamer | - | Sections of FM 1724 south of I-10 were closed due to flooding. |
| August 2017 | Flash Flood | Hankamer | - | Sections of Interstate 10 west of Winnie were inundated and closed due to high flood waters. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turtle Bayou | 3.0 miles | 12 | |
| Eminence | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Monroe City | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wallisville | 6.3 miles | 12 | |
| Anahuac | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Cove | 9.5 miles | 12 | |
| Old River-Winfree | 10.9 miles | 12 | |
| Double Bayou | 11.4 miles | 10 |
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 Hankamer | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5648520 | 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 1337306. 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.






