BlockHogg, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Caldwell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77836. The Survey maps it on the Deanville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1919 USGS Dime Box quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1960 USGS Deanville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Hogg between 2005 and 2020, burning about 774 acres in total. 4 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 burning | 58 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 424 & CR433 |
| 30 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BASSLER ROW |
| 30 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR403/HW21 |
| 29 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEANVILLE BALL PARK |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | ZGAYBY HAY FIRE |
| 29 September 2007 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hogg in 4 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 3 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Tornado (EF1) | Hogg | $30,000 | A National Weather Service storm survey determined a short-lived EF-1 tornado caused damage in western Burleson County. A shed was destroyed and numerous trees were snapped. A trailer was thrown southward around 40 yards while other debris was thrown toward the northeast. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hogg | - | Quarter sized hail was observed. |
| June 2019 | Hail | Hogg | - | Golf ball size hail was reported along CR 112 near Highway 21. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Hogg | - | Golf ball size hail at State Highway 21 West and FM 908. |
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 1379942. 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.