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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.

Hubbard within Hill County

Population over time

4 figures

Hubbard 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.

YearPeople Change
1890894
20001,586
20101,423-163 (-10%)
20201,394-29 (-2%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

187 since 2005

Regional 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 burning94
Missing data/not specified/undetermined62
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism2
Other causes2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePLAY GROUND FIRE
9 September 2019Other causes4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE REKINDLE
9 September 2019Other causes30 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUBBARD GRASS AND STRUCTURE FIRE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMALONE GRASS FIRE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined70 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2017Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID - HUBBARD #3
7 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMATSON BOTTOM REKINDEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Storms near this place

33 since 1994

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 1998Thunderstorm WindHubbard3 hurt, $50,000Thunderstorm 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 2015Flash FloodHubbard$100,000Major 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 1996Thunderstorm WindHubbard$100,000no account filed
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHubbard$20,000County officials estimated a hundred trees were blown down and partially or completely blocking roadways.
October 2010Thunderstorm WindHubbard$10,000A 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 2011Thunderstorm WindHubbard$5,000A large metal shed suffered extensive damage due to strong thunderstorm winds.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHubbard$5,000Power poles were blown down over the intersection of Pecan and 2nd Streets.
May 1994Thunderstorm WindHubbard$5,000Thunderstorm winds damaged the roof and several pens at the Hubbard Livestock Auction.
April 2008HailHubbard$5,000no account filed
May 2009Thunderstorm WindHubbard$2,000Traffic signals were knocked down at SH 171 and SH 31 in Hubbard.
January 1996Thunderstorm WindHubbard$2,000no account filed
May 1996Thunderstorm WindHubbard$2,000no account filed
May 2017HailHubbard$1,500Broadcast media reported ping pong ball size hail in Hubbard. Time was estimated by radar.
May 2010HailHubbard$1,000Hill County Emergency Management reported golfball sized hail in Hubbard.
April 2008Thunderstorm WindHubbard$1,000One tree was blown down in town and another was blown down east of town.
June 1999Thunderstorm WindHubbard$300Power lines were blown down by thunderstorm winds.
April 2023HailHubbard-Amateur radio reported ping pong ball sized hail in Hubbard, TX.
April 2023HailHubbard-A public report indicated quarter sized hail about a mile northeast of Hubbard, TX.
April 2018HailHubbard-Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Hubbard, TX.
December 2015Tornado (EF0)Hubbard-The Hubbard Volunteer Fire Department observed a tornado just north of the city of Hubbard.
May 2010Tornado (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 2009Flash FloodHubbard-Water was reported over the road near Hubbard, and the sheriff's office also reported county roads near Hillsboro had water over them.
May 1997Tornado (F0)Hubbard-A short-lived tornado was reported.
December 2024HailHubbard-no account filed
December 2024HailHubbard-no account filed
June 2023HailHubbard-no account filed
April 2015HailHubbard-no account filed
April 2005HailHubbard-no account filed
March 2000HailHubbard-no account filed
January 1999HailHubbard-no account filed
August 1998Thunderstorm WindHubbard-no account filed
March 1996HailHubbard-no account filed
April 1996HailHubbard-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hill County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Penelope6.9 miles7
Malone7.0 miles7
Mount Calm7.7 miles7
Birome9.1 miles7
Irene10.7 miles8
Bynum13.8 miles14
Abbott14.8 miles14
Mertens15.4 miles8

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 HubbardAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q980359The 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.