Hufsmith, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77375. It lies near Bogs Gully. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle. It stands 171 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Louetta quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Louetta quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
77 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Hufsmith between 1992 and 2016, burning about 741 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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 | 42 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 406 |
| 1 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hufsmith: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perlite of Houston Plant | Perlite | Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2015Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hufsmith in 7 storm reports between 2015 and 2023: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hufsmith | $6,000 | Trees were downed on a home on Drybrook Road, causing a gas leak. |
| June 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hufsmith | $5,000 | Thunderstorm winds downed trees and caused power outages in the Londonderry neighborhood. |
| January 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hufsmith | $3,000 | There were downed trees near Kuykendahl Road in the Haven Lake Estates area. |
| May 2023 | Hail | Hufsmith | - | Public and media reports of hail between quarter and half dollar size. |
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Hufsmith | - | Street flooding was reported in the Tomball area as a heavy downpour moved through. |
| April 2020 | Hail | Hufsmith | - | Ping pong ball sized hail was reported. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Hufsmith | - | Quarter sized hail was observed in the Creekside Park subdivision. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomball | 2.0 miles | 17 | |
| Wimbledon Country | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Londonderry | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Waldenwood | 2.5 miles | 17 | |
| Willow Forest | 3.1 miles | 17 | |
| Willow | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Pinewood Place | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Albury Manor | 3.8 miles | 17 |
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 Hufsmith | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q14710516 | 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 1338238. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.







