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Huffins, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bivins-McLeod census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75555. The Survey maps it on the Kildare quadrangle.

Huffins within Cass County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

214 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 214 fires within 5 miles of Huffins between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,222 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 60 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 burning85
Arson/incendiarism60
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Natural15
Power generation/transmission/distribution9
Equipment and vehicle use8
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Fireworks1

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
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 534
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 533
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 537
4 September 2010Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 156
3 September 1997Natural60 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 1995Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2003Arson/incendiarism85 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 242
22 September 2004Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 170

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cass County

Storms near this place

12 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huffins in 12 storm reports between 2009 and 2023: 5 thunderstorm wind, 3 tornado, 3 hail, 1 heavy rain. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2009Tornado (EF0)Huffins$50,000This storm developed along CR 4670, about 5 miles northeast of Bivins, at around 8:41 pm. Numerous trees were snapped or blown down as the storm continued east to Highway 77, about a mile from the Texas/Arkansas/Louisiana state line, before lifting around 8:47 pm. This tornado was rated an EF0, with winds around 75 mph. The path length was 2.4 miles, with a path width of 75 yards.
March 2023Tornado (EF1)Huffins$25,000This EF-1 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 104 mph, occurred in the very rural southeastern portion of Cass County, well south of the city of Atlanta. A majority of the concentrated damage occurred at the start of the tornado along FM Road 251, where the tornado downed or snapped many hardwood and softwood trees. The tornado continued northward for another mile, crossing County Road 4556 and then ending as it crossed County Road 4555. There were a few outbuildings damaged by the wind with some homes and other structures also damaged, mainly due to impact from large limbs and trees falling on top of them. Fortunately, there were no injuries or fatalities associated with the tornado.
April 2023Thunderstorm WindHuffins-Trees were downed across portions of Cass County.
April 2020HailHuffins-Half dollar size hail fell in the Huffines community.
March 2017Thunderstorm WindHuffins-Power lines were downed along FM 1841 near County Road 4672.
April 2015HailHuffins-Ping pong ball sized hail was reported in the Smyrna community.
August 2011Thunderstorm WindHuffins-Trees and powerlines were downed in the Mc Leod community.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHuffins-Trees were downed in the Three States area on Hwy. 1 and across some power lines. Several trees were downed along CR 4659.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHuffins-Trees were downed along Hwy. 77 near the community of Three States.
December 2009Tornado (EF1)Huffins-Tornado damage consisted of numerous trees downed along the path. This tornado continued into Miller County, Arkansas.
July 2009Heavy RainHuffins-A total of 8.25 inches of rainfall was measured 6 miles northwest of Rodessa in Cass County, Texas, midnight through 930 am cst.
June 2012HailHuffins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cass 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
Bivins3.6 miles12
Bethsaida3.7 miles12
McLeod4.8 miles14
Three States5.1 miles13
Oak Grove5.7 miles12
Smyrna6.1 miles13
Rambo6.1 miles14
Walton6.3 miles14

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 HuffinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q122554347The 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 1380862. 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.