BlockHinckley, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Powderly census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75460. It stands on Crooked Creek. The Survey maps it on the Paris quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Paris quadrangle1:125000
- 1948 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1949 USGS Paris quadrangle1:62500
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Paris quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Paris quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
175 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Hinckley between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,089 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 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 | 115 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 79 FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3201 LEWIS LANE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1300 FITZUGH |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1354 CLEMENT |
| 4 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS-P.HART |
| 29 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR44150 |
| 27 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2497 FM 2648 |
| 24 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 513 NE 17TH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hinckley: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
4 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hinckley in 4 storm reports between 2011 and 2020: 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2011 | Hail | Hinckley | $10,000 | Golfball sized hail fell 2 miles north of Hinkley which is approximately 5 miles north of Paris. |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hinckley | $10,000 | Golfball sized hail fell north of Paris at the intersection of Highway 271 and FM 1499. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Hinckley | - | A CoCoRaHS report indicated quarter sized hail 5 miles north-northeast of the city of Paris, TX. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Hinckley | - | Amateur radio reported golf-ball sized hail approximately 5 miles north of Paris on Hwy 271. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034740. 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.