Huckabay, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Stephenville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76401. The Survey maps it on the Huckabay quadrangle. 268 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,444 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1920 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Huckabay quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Stephenville quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
148 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Huckabay between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,378 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 39 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ORTEGA TREE CR 130 |
| 4 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE FM 3025 |
| 1 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 428 |
| 6 August 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 219 LOWE |
| 31 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 419 |
| 31 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE CR 130 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
19 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huckabay in 19 storm reports between 1995 and 2015: 13 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado. 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 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huckabay | $20,000 | Thunderstorm winds blew cars off the road on Highway 108 ten miles north of Stephenville. |
| July 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huckabay | $10,000 | Trees blown down across Highway 108. Numerous other trees and power poles were blown down or snapped in half. Damage to awnings and miscellaneous outdoor items was reported. |
| April 2006 | Hail | Huckabay | $5,000 | Quarter to golf ball-size hail reported in Huckabay and Morgan Mill. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Huckabay | - | Amateur radio operators observed a tornado to the northeast of Huckabay. The tornado was brief, and only produced damage to ranch land in north central Erath County. |
| May 2010 | Hail | Huckabay | - | Nickel sized hail was reported 2 miles west of Huckaby. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Huckabay | - | Nickel size hail fell 4 miles southeast of Huckabay. |
| November 2008 | Flash Flood | Huckabay | - | Flooding was reported along county roads. |
| July 2008 | Hail | Huckabay | - | A penny-size hail report was relayed by the media. |
| March 2007 | Tornado (EF0) | Huckabay | - | Brief tornado near Thurber. No damage reported. |
| June 2004 | Hail | Huckabay | - | Reported by the Cooperative Observer. |
| June 1999 | Flash Flood | Huckabay | - | Highway 108 was flooded north of Huckabay. The water was a result of heavy thunderstorm rains. |
| April 2008 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| June 2007 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| April 2004 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| June 2004 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Huckabay | - | no account filed |
| May 1995 | Hail | Huckabay | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hannibal | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Morgan Mill | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| Sapoak | 8.0 miles | 12 | |
| Lingleville | 8.1 miles | 13 | |
| Stephenville | 10.0 miles | 15 | |
| Knob Hill | 10.1 miles | 14 | |
| Bunyan | 12.6 miles | 12 | |
| Welcome Valley | 12.7 miles | 15 |
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 Huckabay | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5928064 | 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 1338209. 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.





