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Hastings, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Alvin-Pearland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77511. The Survey maps it on the Pearland quadrangle.

Hastings within Brazoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

37 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Hastings between 2007 and 2014, burning about 263 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning21
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013018
2 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9059
1 July 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
1 July 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9052
30 June 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9050
24 June 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9046

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hastings: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Shelton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Brazoria County

Storms near this place

7 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hastings in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2025: 4 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado. The reports record 2 injuries. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
October 2015Tornado (EF1)Hastings2 hurt, $200,000The EF-1 tornado tracked along a trailer park in Alvin where it damaged fifteen to twenty trailers and overturned one trailer. An elderly couple sustained injuries in the overturned trailer. The estimated peak wind was 90 mph.
October 2015Tornado (EF2)Hastings$2,000,000The EF-2 tornado touched down just east of Clover Field Airport (Brazoria County) and continued on a narrow northeast track into Galveston County. This tornado expanded in size and weakened in intensity as it approached FM 518 over the last half of its track. There was extensive tree damage along the entire track. Homes sustained partial roof loss and tree damage consistent with an EF-1 rating from east of the airport through Sunset Drive in Friendswood (Galveston County). Low-end EF-2 damage occurred on Chester Drive in Friendswood where there was complete loss of a residential home's roof. Estimated peak wind was 115 mph.
October 2015Tornado (EF2)Hastings$2,000,000The EF-2 tornado touched down just east of Clover Field Airport (Brazoria County) and continued on a narrow northeast track into Galveston County. This tornado expanded in size and weakened in intensity as it approached FM 518 over the last half of its track. There was extensive tree damage along the entire track. Homes sustained partial roof loss and tree damage consistent with an EF-1 rating from east of the airport through Sunset Drive in Friendswood (Galveston County). Low-end EF-2 damage occurred on Chester Drive in Friendswood where there was complete loss of a residential home's roof. Estimated peak wind was 115 mph.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindHastings-Pearland regional airport ASOS recorded a 61 mph wind gust.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHastings-Wind gust occurred at KLVJ.
April 2024Thunderstorm WindHastings-Trees were downed near the intersection of Pine Valley Drive and Broadway Street.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHastings-Wind gust was measured at KLVJ.

Every storm recorded in Brazoria County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Oakbrook Estates2.1 miles13
Rustic Oaks2.2 miles18
Shadycrest2.6 miles13
Parkview2.8 miles13
Westwood Village2.9 miles13
Regal Oaks3.0 miles18
Cobblestone3.2 miles13
Woodcreek3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378425. 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.