Hooks, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Hooks census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75561. The Survey maps it on the Hooks quadrangle. 2,518 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 374 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresHooks fell from 2,973 to 2,518 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 2,973 | |
| 2010 | 2,769 | -204 (-7%) |
| 2020 | 2,518 | -251 (-9%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1909 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Hooks quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS New Boston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
103 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 103 fires within 5 miles of Hooks between 1993 and 2020, burning about 978 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 9 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 | 64 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 1995 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6175 |
| 7 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 September 2000 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 370 |
| 3 September 1995 | Arson/incendiarism | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2002 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 206 |
| 25 September 2011 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 636 |
| 24 September 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 627 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
37 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hooks in 37 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 17 hail, 17 thunderstorm wind, 2 funnel cloud, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | $125,000 | Widespread tree damage occurred along Garden Road in Hooks. Several trees were uprooted here, one tree fell on a home, and another fell on a vehicle. |
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | $60,000 | Strong straight line winds downed numerous trees and power lines producing widespread power outages. The wind uprooted a sycamore tree which fell through a home. An above ground swimming pool was shoved 75 while a swing set was twisted beyond repair. A storage shed was also ripped apart. A gas company shed was also destroyed. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | $40,000 | Widespread tree damage occurred just east northeast of Hooks. Several trees were uprooted, all of which pointed to the south southeast. One tree landed on a corner of a house. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | $1,000 | Several trees were snapped or uprooted on Garden Road. One tree fell on a pergola and outdoor garden. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Trees and power lines were blown down near the Hooks and Leary communities. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hooks | - | Quarter size hail reported just west of Hooks via mPING. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hooks | - | Golf ball size hail reported at Red River Army Depot. |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hooks | - | Golf ball size hail reported just west of Hooks via social media. |
| July 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Numerous trees and power lines were blown down across Bowie County. |
| March 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | A tree was blown down near Hooks. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hooks | - | Quarter size hail fell in Hooks. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Several trees were downed in Hooks. |
| December 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | A tree was blown down blocking a road in Hooks. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Hooks | - | Dime size hail was reported in Hooks. |
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Hooks | - | Severe flooding was reported on Hwy. 82 between Hooks and New Boston, Texas. |
| April 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Hooks | - | A funnel cloud was reported north of Interstate 30 just north of Hooks. |
| March 2016 | Hail | Hooks | - | Pea to dime size hail fell at the Red River Army Depot near Hooks. |
| April 2016 | Hail | Hooks | - | Quarter size hail fell at the Red River Army Depot Fire Department. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | A roof was torn off of a home in Hooks. |
| July 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Trees were downed in Hooks and Texarkana, Texas. |
| May 2012 | Hail | Hooks | - | Nickel to quarter sized hail in Hooks, Texas. |
| July 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Two trees were downed blocking a road in the Hooks, Texas community. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hooks | - | Hail to the size of softballs were reported in Hooks, Texas. The hail produced widespread damage to the roofs and windows of area homes...businesses as well as automobiles. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Hooks | - | Hail fell at the Red River Army Depot. |
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Trees and power lines down in the Redlick community. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Trees were downed. |
| June 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Gust estimated by Storm Chaser in the town of Red Lick. |
| May 2003 | Funnel Cloud | Hooks | - | Sighted east of main gate at Red River Army Depot by fire department. |
| May 2003 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Numerous trees down across FM 2216. |
| January 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hooks | - | Few trees and powerlines toppled. |
| April 2012 | Hail | Hooks | - | no account filed |
| January 2012 | Hail | Hooks | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Hail | Hooks | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Hooks | - | no account filed |
| June 2006 | Hail | Hooks | - | no account filed |
| November 2005 | Hail | Hooks | - | no account filed |
| November 1995 | Hail | Hooks | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whaley | 2.5 miles | 13 | |
| Victory City | 2.7 miles | 18 | |
| Burns | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Leary | 4.3 miles | 18 | |
| Redbank | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Barkman | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Red Bank | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Smith Hill | 5.1 miles | 11 |
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 Hooks | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982654 | 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 1359527. 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.






