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Hideaway Hill, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1925 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the George West census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78368. It lies near Rufe Williams Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Dinero quadrangle.

Hideaway Hill within Live Oak County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 12 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

33 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Hideaway Hill between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,697 acres in total. 1 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined11
Debris and open burning11
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Other causes1
Natural1

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
30 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
2 September 2018Equipment and vehicle use13 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 888 COUNTY LINE
9 August 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE 09
5 August 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceOLD LAGARTO RD
16 August 2019Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAVEL ROAD
5 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest Service888 - BUC'S CAMP RD - MATHIS
4 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceJULY 4TH FIRE
31 July 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 534 & SH 359

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Live Oak County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Hideaway Hill: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Uranium, 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
Bomer PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Mount Lucas MineUraniumPast ProducerStratabound
Mathis PitStone, Crushed/BrokenProducerCaliche
Texas Hauling ContractorsStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Live Oak 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
Argenta2.7 miles11
Mount Lucas2.8 miles12
Los Lomas3.4 miles12
Peace Valley Harbor3.9 miles12
Dinero4.5 miles12
Lagarto5.7 miles12
Mikeska10.7 miles12
River Creek Acres11.2 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.

Wikidata item Q122571098The 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 1337696. 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.