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Hawkins, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Hawkins census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75765. The Survey maps it on the Hawkins quadrangle. 1,274 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 407 feet above sea level.

Hawkins within Wood County

On record in Hawkins

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register 1 record

Population over time

2 figures

Hawkins fell from 1,278 to 1,274 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.

YearPeople Change
20101,278
20201,274-4 (-0%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 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

209 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Hawkins between 1994 and 2020, burning about 1,238 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 burning111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined68
Arson/incendiarism9
Recreation and ceremony6
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWELLS RD
6 September 1998Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 September 2004Debris and open burning50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 183
25 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1 MIKLE NORTH 2869 FM 14
24 September 2000Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 562
20 September 2012Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9360 HWY 155
20 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 14 N FM 2869 110310

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wood 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 Hawkins: 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
Big Sandy Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Wood County

Storms near this place

39 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hawkins in 39 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 20 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016Tornado (EF1)Hawkins$75,000This is a continuation of the Smith County tornado, which crossed Highway 80 between Brimley Lake and Lake Hawkins, snapping and uprooting additional trees. The Ozarka Water Bottling Plant north of Hawkins sustained major roof damage consistent with EF-1 winds estimated between 95-105 mph. More trees were snapped and uprooted as the tornado continued northeast and passed just east of Holly Lake and into Upshur County.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHawkins$60,000Two homes damaged by fallen trees.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHawkins$20,000Tree fell across a home in town.
January 1995HailHawkins$15,000Golf ball-size hail damaged automobiles at the Holley Lake Ranch.
June 1995Thunderstorm WindHawkins$15,000A large section of a metal roof was peeled off a building.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindHawkins$10,000,,,,,,,,Hail (1.75) High winds damaged a post office.
July 1997Flash FloodHawkins$1,000CR14 was damaged and partially washed out from flood waters.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees downed in Hawkins.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees were downed on Highway 14 near Hawkins.
June 2023HailHawkins-Quarter to golf ball size hail reported in Hawkins.
May 2023HailHawkins-Nickel size hail fell at the intersection of Highway 80 and FM 14 in Hawkins.
May 2023HailHawkins-Mostly quarter size hail with some much larger hailstones in excess of golfball size covered the ground in Hawkins.
August 2022Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Strong wind gusts estimated to be near 60 mph downed large limbs and blew over a greenhouse in Hawkins.
August 2022HailHawkins-Dime to quarter size hail fell in Hawkins.
April 2021HailHawkins-Penny size hail fell in Hawkins.
April 2020Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Amateur radio reported an estimated wind gust of 70 mph in the city of Hawkins.
June 2007Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Some trees were downed in town.
May 2007Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees downed on County Road 3480.
April 2007HailHawkins-Hail fell along the Wood/Upshur County line.
June 2001HailHawkins-Thunderstorm remained stationary over the same area for nearly 1 hour. Hail to the size of baseballs for for nearly 40 minutes totally stripping trees and vegetation. No reports of damage to property was received.
May 2000Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees down across FM2869.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Numerous large trees down.
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees and powerlines down.
July 1997Flash FloodHawkins-Heavy rains resulted in flooding in and around Hawkins. Many roads were flooded and impassable. Cumby road was washed out and many cars were stalled in the high water in town.
January 1995Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees were uprooted by high winds.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindHawkins-Trees were blown down by high winds.
June 2007HailHawkins-no account filed
March 2005HailHawkins-no account filed
November 2004HailHawkins-no account filed
May 2000HailHawkins-no account filed
March 1999HailHawkins-no account filed
January 1998HailHawkins-no account filed
August 1998HailHawkins-no account filed
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHawkins-no account filed
June 1997HailHawkins-no account filed
April 1997HailHawkins-no account filed
April 1997HailHawkins-no account filed
October 1996HailHawkins-no account filed
April 1993HailHawkins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Wood 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
Angler2.6 miles12
Fouke4.6 miles12
Fada5.0 miles12
Crow5.9 miles12
Hoard10.4 miles12
Pine Mills11.5 miles12
New Hope12.3 miles12
Hainesville12.3 miles12

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 HawkinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q982662The 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 1337469. 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.