Hoxie, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Taylor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76574. The Survey maps it on the Granger Lake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Friendship quadrangle1:24000
- 1963 USGS Granger Lake quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hoxie between 2006 and 2017, burning about 193 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID THRALL |
| 9 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 19 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM1036 FIRE |
| 21 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1251 CR 410 |
| 19 July 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 May 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4153 FM 619 |
| 15 April 2010 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR412 POLE FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wuthrich Hill | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Waterloo | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Elm Grove | 2.5 miles | 14 | |
| Sandoval | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Hare | 4.0 miles | 14 | |
| Friendship | 4.2 miles | 14 | |
| Laneport | 4.4 miles | 14 | |
| Circleville | 4.9 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379968. 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.






