BlockHochheim, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Yoakum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77995. The Survey maps it on the Hochheim quadrangle. It stands 354 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Hochheim quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Hochheim between 2006 and 2018, burning about 890 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 July 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELDER RD 104 COUNTY |
| 26 March 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAKES 49 COUNTY |
| 20 February 2018 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 766 |
| 18 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 February 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 303 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TURKEY BOTTOM RD. |
| 1 February 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 183 N & FM 951 |
| 8 October 2006 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hochheim in 2 storm reports between 1993 and 1994: 2 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 1994 | Hail | Hochheim | $50,000 | Golf ball-sized hail reported by Dewitt County Sheriff's Department at Hochheim. At 1915 CST a Department of Public Safety trooper reported golf ball-sized hail just southwest of Hochheim. |
| March 1993 | Hail | Hochheim | - | Dime-size hail was reported by the sheriff's office between Hochheim and Yoakum. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steen | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pearl City | 2.5 miles | 9 | |
| Petersville | 4.0 miles | 9 | |
| Concrete | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Yoakum | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Edgar | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Buchel | 10.6 miles | 10 | |
| Westhoff | 12.5 miles | 9 |
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 Hochheim | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5875375 | 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 1377562. 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.