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Hearne, Texas

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Hearne census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77859. The Survey maps it on the Hearne North quadrangle. 4,544 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 295 feet above sea level.

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Hearne within Robertson County

On record in Hearne

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

Hearne grew from 4,459 to 4,544 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
20104,459
20204,544+85 (+2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

3 surveys from 7 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

112 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Hearne between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,417 acres in total. None 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 burning67
Railroad operations and maintenance11
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking8
Equipment and vehicle use7
Arson/incendiarism6
Power generation/transmission/distribution3

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 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
15 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUSEFUSE
28 August 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 August 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
19 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use28 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTROUD
11 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHARLESS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Robertson County

Storms near this place

40 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hearne in 40 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 16 hail, 14 thunderstorm wind, 8 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
May 2004Flash FloodHearne$2,730,000There were reports of flooding on Highway 6 and farm to market roads across the county. At 852 AM a high water rescue was in progress near Hearne, and high water rescues continued until at least 1000 AM. By 945 AM, widespread flooding was continuing with cars being washed off roads. 11-17 inches of rain fell across the county. Heavy agricultural losses occurred, including 107 farm dwellings and service buildings destroyed, 30 structures, such as dams and silos were destroyed, and 11,00 acres of crops flooded and destroyed.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindHearne$75,000Several large trees were blown down by thunderstorm gusts in the city of Hearne. Power was also out for most of the city.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindHearne$5,000A barn was blown down by high winds.
April 2021HailHearne$5,000no account filed
May 2006Thunderstorm WindHearne$3,000A tree fell on a power line.
April 2004Thunderstorm WindHearne$2,000Trees were blown down onto power lines.
November 2004Thunderstorm WindHearne$2,000Metal buildings were blown down by high winds.
June 1997Thunderstorm WindHearne$2,000Strong winds blew down large tree limbs and power lines.
May 2025Flash FloodHearne-Social media picture of water covering roadway in Hearne as of 1:56 PM.
April 2019HailHearne-A trained spotter reported nickel size hail in the city of Hearne, TX.
March 2018HailHearne-A public report indicated quarter-sized hail near the intersection of FM 2549 and FM 391, approximately 4 miles east-northeast of the city of Hearne, TX.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHearne-Fire and Rescue reported several trees down in the community of Elliot, just to the north-northeast of the city of Hearne, TX.
May 2017Thunderstorm WindHearne-The Hearne, TX AWOS reported a peak wind gust of 59 MPH.
March 2014HailHearne-Nickel sized hail was reported 2 miles southeast of Hearne.
June 2012HailHearne-Nickel sized hail was reported in Hearne.
April 2011HailHearne-Quarter size hail covered the ground in Hearne.
April 2009Flash FloodHearne-Flooding was occurring along HWY 6 south of Hearne.
May 2007Flash FloodHearne-Flooding reported in town and along Highways 6 and 485.
March 2007Flash FloodHearne-Several Farm-to-Market roads flooded in and around Hearne and Highway 79.
April 2006Thunderstorm WindHearne-Trees blown down across the county.
December 2006Tornado (F0)Hearne-The Hearne Fire Department reported a tornado on the ground near the Milam/Robertson County line. No damage was reported.
October 2006FloodHearne-Flooding continued to be reported in Hearne, but was considered manageable.
October 2006Flash FloodHearne-Flooding of creeks and streams reported in and around town.
March 2005HailHearne-Penny size hail reported in Wheelock.
May 2005HailHearne-Quarter size hail fell in Eliott.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHearne-Several trees blown down.
July 2005Thunderstorm WindHearne-Trees and limbs blown down.
August 2005Thunderstorm WindHearne-Trees blown down.
November 2004Flash FloodHearne-A bridge on Highway 395 was under water.
November 1998Flash FloodHearne-Numerous county and farm roads were flooded by very heavy thunderstorm rains.
April 1997Thunderstorm WindHearne-A large tree branch was blown onto power lines.
March 2017HailHearne-no account filed
April 2008HailHearne-no account filed
May 2007HailHearne-no account filed
April 2006HailHearne-no account filed
October 2003Thunderstorm WindHearne-no account filed
November 2000HailHearne-no account filed
January 1999HailHearne-no account filed
January 1998HailHearne-no account filed
January 1998HailHearne-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Robertson 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
Seger3.4 miles7
Valley Junction3.5 miles7
Black Jack3.5 miles7
Goodland4.0 miles8
Sutton5.2 miles8
Elliot5.4 miles7
Tatsie Crossing5.4 miles8
Port Sullivan5.5 miles7

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 HearneAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q981420The 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 1358979. 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.