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Hobbs, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Belton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76513. It stands on Pepper Creek. The Survey maps it on the Belton quadrangle.

Hobbs within Bell County

On record in Hobbs

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 16 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

68 since 2002

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Hobbs between 2002 and 2020, burning about 271 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Debris and open burning21
Equipment and vehicle use4
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
7 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHARPING LN
4 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1220 ELMER KING RD
25 September 2011Smoking20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID FOR BELTON FD
22 September 2002Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCENTRAL TX - 41
19 September 2006Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 439 & WILDWOOD
7 August 2009Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service7491 DICE GROVE RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bell County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 17 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 17 workings within 5 miles of Hobbs: 11 past producers, 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Dimension, Limestone, General. 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
Belton Rockwool Ind OperationStone, DimensionProducer
Miller PitLimestone, GeneralProducer
BeltonSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Belton Sand and Gravel Lampasas PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Leon Valley Plant No. 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shallow Ford Construction OperationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bell County

Storms near this place

2 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hobbs in 2 storm reports between 2008 and 2024: 1 hail, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024FloodHobbs-Frontage roads where Nolan Creek crosses under I-35 were covered with several feet of water.
April 2008HailHobbs-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Bell 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
Belton1.4 miles16
Midway2.4 miles16
Dog Ridge (historical)3.6 miles19
Childers Mill (historical)3.7 miles14
Smith4.7 miles15
Gober4.9 miles15
Summers Mill5.7 miles14
Little River5.8 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379940. 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.