BlockHicksbaugh, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Warren census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77664. The Survey maps it on the Hicksbaugh quadrangle.
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.
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Warren quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Hicksbaugh quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Livingston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
182 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 182 fires within 5 miles of Hicksbaugh between 1992 and 2020, burning about 9,795 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 23 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 | 99 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 9 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Fireworks | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HYATT TREE |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 215 |
| 23 September 2005 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Big Thicket National Park | RITA'S 1ST |
| 19 September 2004 | Arson/incendiarism | 100 acres | Big Thicket National Park | TFS 54 |
| 18 September 2006 | Natural | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 205 |
| 8 August 2003 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 102 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hicksbaugh in 3 storm reports between 2015 and 2022: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Hicksbaugh | $15,000 | Several pine trees were damaged along with a few hardwoods. The tornado reached maximum intensity near County Road 4600 where a few pine trees were snapped within it's trunk. At this same location, a BBQ shack was heavily damaged along with an awning that was completely destroyed. A pontoon boat was ripped off of its trailer, and thrown approximately 25 yards into a pine tree. Two mobile homes also sustained minor damage along County Road 4600. Estimated maximum winds were 90 mph. |
| May 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hicksbaugh | $1,000 | A tree was blown down on to FM 1943 near Warren. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Hicksbaugh | - | Quarter size hail reported south of Warren. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122594366 | 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 1379928. 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.