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Hodges, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hawley-Noodle census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79525. The Survey maps it on the Hawley quadrangle.

Hodges within Jones County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

50 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Hodges between 2005 and 2016, burning about 754 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
22 September 2007Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service14-074
26 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest Service809
9 July 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-067
8 July 2005Natural30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 July 2011Smoking10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKINGS ADDITION FM 707
20 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jones County

Storms near this place

14 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hodges in 14 storm reports between 1994 and 2025: 7 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 1994Thunderstorm WindHodges$500,000Strong winds blew over a 28-foot travel trailer. Damage was reported to three mobile homes, outbuildings, trees, and power lines. Total damage was estimated at $65,000.
September 1996Thunderstorm WindHodges$50,000no account filed
June 2025Flash FloodHodges-Public report of flood waters over FM 605 and FM 707 on social media. Some portions of the road had flood water depth around 2 feet. Estimated time of peak flooding based on radar data.
August 2023Thunderstorm WindHodges-There were reports of wind damage to buildings. Also, several tree branches (3 to 4 inches in diameter) broken off and trash dumpsters overturned on County Road 495. The time was estimated by radar.
April 2011Tornado (EF0)Hodges-A rope tornado was reported at the intersection of FM 707 and FM 605 approximately 6 miles west of Hawely near the community of Stith.
August 2009HailHodges-The report was relayed by KTAB TV news in Abilene.
October 2009Thunderstorm WindHodges-A member of the general public estimated 62 knots of winds in Hodges.
April 2007Tornado (EF0)Hodges-This tornado was observed for several minutes just to the southwest of Hodges.
June 1995HailHodges-Highway 277 was flooded.
May 2016HailHodges-no account filed
April 2008HailHodges-no account filed
April 2008HailHodges-no account filed
April 2008HailHodges-no account filed
March 1999HailHodges-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Jones 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
Hawley3.3 miles15
Truby4.9 miles12
Stith5.0 miles12
North Abilene6.1 miles15
Noodle9.7 miles13
Fort Phantom Hill (historical)10.3 miles12
Phantom Hill10.8 miles12
Anson11.6 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378460. 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.