BlockHindes, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Charlotte census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78011. It stands on Liveoak Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hindes quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 8 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.
- 1953 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hindes quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Hindes quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Hindes between 2006 and 2017, burning about 224 acres in total. None 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/undetermined | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HINDES #1 |
| 7 June 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JOE HINDES |
| 8 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HINDES |
| 30 May 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 May 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KINSLEY RANCH ROAD GRASS FIRE |
| 25 March 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAT WEST #1 |
| 10 March 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Storms near this place
2 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hindes in 2 storm reports between 1997 and 2007: 1 hail, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2007 | Flash Flood | Hindes | - | Between 1 and 2 inches of rain fell in southern Atascosa County with up to 4 inches at Pleasanton. Five cars were washed off the road on SH97 near Christine. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Hindes | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Davis | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Charlotte | 10.9 miles | 8 | |
| La Parita | 13.8 miles | 8 | |
| Dobrowolski | 14.4 miles | 8 | |
| Crown | 15.7 miles | 8 | |
| Christine | 16.3 miles | 9 | |
| Jourdanton | 19.0 miles | 9 | |
| Amphion | 21.1 miles | 8 |
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 Hindes | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q110363006 | 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 1379937. 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.