Huffman, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77336. The Survey maps it on the Huffman quadrangle. It stands 69 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 18 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.
- 1916 USGS Huffman quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Huffman quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Huffman quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Huffman between 1992 and 2020, burning about 397 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 865 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 857 |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 942 |
| 7 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.8 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E101, E103 |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E103 |
| 9 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E103 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huffman in 17 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 5 thunderstorm wind, 5 hail, 4 tornado, 2 flash flood. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2011 | Tornado (EF1) | Huffman | $100,000 | Extensive damage along Hidden Lakes Drive in Kingwood. Numerous trees were snapped our uprooted. Numerous homes had broken windows and partial roof damage. Tornado was rated EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. |
| May 2019 | Flash Flood | Huffman | $50,000 | Kingwood Drive was flooded and impassable with reports of water in vehicles. |
| April 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | $25,000 | Trees down in northeast Harris Co. with tree down on car. |
| February 1999 | Hail | Huffman | $20,000 | no account filed |
| April 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Huffman | $10,000 | Tornado moved through residential area near Huffman with damage mainly along Waterway Street. A few trees were uprooted, many branches down. |
| December 2005 | Tornado (F0) | Huffman | $10,000 | F0 Tornado caused roof and tree damage. |
| February 2003 | Hail | Huffman | $5,000 | Golfball sized hail. |
| May 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | $3,000 | A trailer was flipped over at an RV park. |
| April 1993 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | $500 | SkyWarn spotter reported trees blown down on the east side of Lake Houston. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Huffman | - | An emergency manager reported 1.25 inch hail near Huffman at FM 1960 and FM2100. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Huffman | - | A member of the public reported 1 inch hail near Kingwood through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Huffman | - | A member of the public reported 1 inch hail east of Kingwood through mPING. |
| May 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | - | Mesonet station LHFT2 in Lake Houston at FM 1960 measured a 58 mph wind gust. |
| December 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Huffman | - | Video from public showed a waterspout making landfall from Lake Houston. Another video from public showed this tornado on ground, moving through in Huffman. No damage was observed by survey teams. As a result, wind speeds were estimated to be 60 mph, consistent with EF0 levels. |
| December 2024 | Funnel Cloud | Huffman | - | A member of the public reported a funnel cloud east of Kingwood. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Huffman | - | Some trees were downed and a fence was damaged. |
| September 2019 | Flash Flood | Huffman | - | Sheriffs office reports high water vehicles sent to homes on Meyer Road for rescues. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huffman Oaks | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Lakewood Heights | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside Manor | 1.9 miles | 18 | |
| Shorewood | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Hidden Echo | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Happy Hideaway | 2.9 miles | 15 | |
| Pines of Atascocita | 3.3 miles | 19 | |
| Heathergate | 3.7 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 Huffman | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5929554 | 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 1338230. 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.






