Hornsby Bend, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78724. The Survey maps it on the Webberville quadrangle. 12,168 people lived here at the 2020 count.
Population over time
2 figuresHornsby Bend grew from 6,791 to 12,168 between 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6,791 | |
| 2020 | 12,168 | +5,377 (+79%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 18 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.
- 1896 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1897 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000
- 1910 USGS Austin quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1955 USGS Montopolis quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Webberville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Austin quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1987 USGS Webberville quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
39 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 39 fires within 5 miles of Hornsby Bend between 1998 and 2016, burning about 181 acres in total. None 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 | 27 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 71 HWY W |
| 19 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM973 |
| 28 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM969 |
| 24 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DECKER LAKE |
| 10 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE BLUFF |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
9 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Hornsby Bend: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Birdall Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Green Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| J.V. Dirt and Loam Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Shapard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Shapard Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Texas Industries Inc Hacket Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dunlap | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Webberville | 3.7 miles | 18 | |
| Smoot | 4.1 miles | 19 | |
| Garfield | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Decker | 4.5 miles | 17 | |
| Del Valle | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Daffan | 5.5 miles | 19 | |
| Montopolis | 5.7 miles | 20 |
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 Hornsby Bend | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6444763 | 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 1374135. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.







