Hoover, Texas
5 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1982. It stands in the Lefors census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79065. The Survey maps it on the Hoover quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 5 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.
- 1954 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Amarillo quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Hoover quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Pampa quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
26 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Hoover between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,140 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014103 |
| 2 August 2006 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2007 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 June 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014084 |
| 6 June 2014 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2014083 |
| 16 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 16 June 2006 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 June 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 292020 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hoover in 17 storm reports between 1997 and 2020: 13 hail, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2020 | Hail | Hoover | - | An mPING report of one-inch diameter hail was received. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hoover | - | An mPING report of one-inch diameter hail was received. |
| May 2019 | Hail | Hoover | - | Hail between the size of quarters and golf balls reported along hwy 60 between Pampa and Miami. The time of occurrence is based on radar. Time was corrected from previous report. |
| June 2018 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hoover | - | Trained spotter estimates 80 mph wind gust. |
| November 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Hoover | - | The details of this tornado track was primarily based on video and photo evidence, and radar data. This tornado was produced by the same supercell which caused the tornado near Groom and the tornado near Pampa which destroyed the Halliburton Plant. Damage from this particular tornado was limited to broken wooden utility poles in Roberts County. The tornado was rated EF-1 with an estimated maximum wind speed of 100 mph. The tornado continued from Gray County into Roberts County. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Hoover | - | Law enforcement and trained spotters reported flash flooding on the Thut Creek in Lefors making parts of 1st and 2nd street impassible, along County Road 17 and on Farm to Market 2300. Water was flowing across Highway 60 at the Hoover cutoff. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Hoover | - | The tornado remained over open country. The path length and path width were estimated. No damage or injuries were reported. |
| June 2017 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| June 2008 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| February 2000 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Hoover | - | no account filed |
| May 1997 | Hail | Hoover | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heaton | 3.9 miles | 5 | |
| Mesilla Park | 5.7 miles | 5 | |
| Pampa | 7.0 miles | 5 | |
| Lefors | 11.1 miles | 5 | |
| Wesco | 12.0 miles | 5 | |
| Laketon | 12.1 miles | 5 | |
| Kingsmill Camp | 12.1 miles | 6 | |
| Bowers City | 12.6 miles | 6 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q106670474 | 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 1379955. 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.



