Hedwigs Hill, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It lies in ZIP code area 76856. It stands on Beaver Creek. The Survey maps it on the Art quadrangle. It stands 1,286 feet above sea level.
On record in Hedwigs Hill
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
State Highway 9 Bridge at the Llano Riverlisted 1996 · 0.3 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Art quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
31 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Hedwigs Hill between 2005 and 2017, burning about 1,282 acres in total. 5 started naturally. None was 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 | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR 152/LKOTHMANN |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZESCH FIRE |
| 7 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | US87S/KELLER VELINO RD |
| 3 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 87S/1636 KETTNER-WILLMANN RD/DKEENER |
| 28 August 2009 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8000 SIMONSVILLE RD/G. MARTIN |
| 23 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR1723/SIMONSVILLE RD/TWO SISTERS RD |
| 16 August 2017 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH29E/LOWER WILLOW CREEK RD/WJORDAN |
| 12 August 2009 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR152/BILLYBODE |
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 Hedwigs Hill: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Granite, Copper. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bauer Prospect | Copper | Occurrence | ||
| Mason County Quarry | Granite | Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hedwigs Hill in 13 storm reports between 2007 and 2023: 7 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 1 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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 2009 | Tornado (EF1) | Hedwigs Hill | $80,000 | National Weather Service Storm Survey Team found evidence of an EF1 track located about 9 miles southeast of Mason. The tornado damaged or uprooted numerous large oak trees and pushed a manufactured home off of its foundation. The tornado destroyed the porch, an outbuilding, and a roof of a nearby home. |
| April 2007 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | $8,000 | The large hail broke residential windows and a truck windshield. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | - | The report was from mping. |
| July 2021 | Flood | Hedwigs Hill | - | The public reported flooding on Ranch Road 783 just south of US 87. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedwigs Hill | - | An area of damaging thunderstorm winds about 1.5 miles wide uprooted several trees and broke many large tree limbs. The high winds also knocked over a windmill and took roofs of some hunting cabins. Special thanks to Mason County Emergency Management and a rancher who provided details of this wind damage. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedwigs Hill | - | A member of the public reported large tree branches blown down in Hilda. |
| October 2018 | Flash Flood | Hedwigs Hill | - | The Mason County Sheriff's office reported Beaver Creek flowing onto a road near U.S. Highway 87, 10 miles southeast of Mason. U.S. Highway 87 south of Mason was closed. In addition, Texas Highway 71 in northeastern Mason County was closed due to flooding. |
| May 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hedwigs Hill | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported large tree limbs down. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | - | A National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reported golf ball to billiard size hail. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | - | Golf ball size hail was reported 11 miles south of Mason. The sheriffs office reported that a vehicle lost control due to the hail. No injuries were reported. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | - | Quarter to golfball size hail covered U.S. Highway 87. |
| April 2014 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Hedwigs Hill | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grossville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Art | 5.0 miles | 13 | |
| Hilda | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Loyal Valley | 8.3 miles | 13 | |
| Mason | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Koockville | 9.7 miles | 12 | |
| Grit | 13.7 miles | 12 | |
| Streeter | 15.6 miles | 13 |
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 Hedwigs Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5697770 | 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 1379918. 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.






