Hathaway, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Sour Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77659. It lies near Horsepen Gully. The Survey maps it on the Sour Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Sour Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Sour Lake quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
53 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Hathaway between 1993 and 2013, burning about 474 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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 | 30 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BATSON BRUSHFIRE |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YATES BRUSHFIRE |
| 23 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 August 1993 | Arson/incendiarism | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 August 1999 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 August 2007 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 202 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hathaway: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sour Lake Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1901 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hathaway in 1 storm report in 2011: 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 2011 | Hail | Hathaway | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strain | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Grayburg | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Sour Lake | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Pine Ridge | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Pinewood Estates | 8.9 miles | 12 | |
| Rattlesnake Bend | 8.9 miles | 13 | |
| Batson | 10.7 miles | 13 | |
| Saratoga | 11.1 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378427. 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.





