Hubbard, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hubbard-Mount Calm census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76648. The Survey maps it on the Hubbard quadrangle. 1,394 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 650 feet above sea level.
Population over time
4 figuresHubbard grew from 894 to 1,394 between 1890 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 894 | |
| 2000 | 1,586 | |
| 2010 | 1,423 | -163 (-10%) |
| 2020 | 1,394 | -29 (-2%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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 Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Hubbard quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
187 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 187 fires within 5 miles of Hubbard between 2005 and 2019, burning about 1,238 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 | 94 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 62 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PLAY GROUND FIRE |
| 9 September 2019 | Other causes | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE REKINDLE |
| 9 September 2019 | Other causes | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUBBARD GRASS AND STRUCTURE FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MALONE GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 8 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID - HUBBARD #3 |
| 7 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MATSON BOTTOM REKINDEL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
33 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hubbard in 33 storm reports between 1994 and 2024: 15 hail, 13 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 2 flash flood. The reports record 3 injuries. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | 3 hurt, $50,000 | Thunderstorm winds took the roof from a house and blew a metal awning onto two cars. Three people were injured by flying glass. Thunderstorm winds also damaged buildings and downed trees. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Hubbard | $100,000 | Major street flooding was reported in Hubbard after several inches of rain fell in a short amount of time. Highway 171 between Hubbard and Coolidge was closed due to water over the road. The rain, often heavy at times, continued for over 24 hours and approximately 15-20 inches or more of rain fell in the area. |
| November 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $100,000 | no account filed |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $20,000 | County officials estimated a hundred trees were blown down and partially or completely blocking roadways. |
| October 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $10,000 | A trained spotter measured a 76 mph wind gust in Hubbard. The storm spotter also reported tree limbs were knocked down in the town. The sheriff's office reported some minor structural damage occurred in Hubbard, but no other information could be obtained. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $5,000 | A large metal shed suffered extensive damage due to strong thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $5,000 | Power poles were blown down over the intersection of Pecan and 2nd Streets. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof and several pens at the Hubbard Livestock Auction. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Hubbard | $5,000 | no account filed |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $2,000 | Traffic signals were knocked down at SH 171 and SH 31 in Hubbard. |
| January 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $2,000 | no account filed |
| May 2017 | Hail | Hubbard | $1,500 | Broadcast media reported ping pong ball size hail in Hubbard. Time was estimated by radar. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Hubbard | $1,000 | Hill County Emergency Management reported golfball sized hail in Hubbard. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $1,000 | One tree was blown down in town and another was blown down east of town. |
| June 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | $300 | Power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hubbard | - | Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail in Hubbard, TX. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Hubbard | - | A public report indicated quarter sized hail about a mile northeast of Hubbard, TX. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Hubbard | - | Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Hubbard, TX. |
| December 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Hubbard | - | The Hubbard Volunteer Fire Department observed a tornado just north of the city of Hubbard. |
| May 2010 | Tornado (EF0) | Hubbard | - | Hill County Emergency Management and storm spotters reported a brief tornado southeast of the community of Hubbard. This tornado occurred over open country and was only briefly on the ground and produced no damage. The tornado was rated EF-0, producing winds around 70 mph. |
| April 2009 | Flash Flood | Hubbard | - | Water was reported over the road near Hubbard, and the sheriff's office also reported county roads near Hillsboro had water over them. |
| May 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Hubbard | - | A short-lived tornado was reported. |
| December 2024 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| December 2024 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| June 2023 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| April 2005 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| January 1999 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| March 1996 | Hail | Hubbard | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Hubbard | - | 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.
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 Hubbard | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q980359 | 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 1338201. 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.



