Hughes Springs, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Hughes Springs-Avinger census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75656. It stands on Cloninger Creek. The Survey maps it on the Lone Star quadrangle. 1,575 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 377 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresHughes Springs fell from 1,760 to 1,575 between 2010 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.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 1,760 | |
| 2020 | 1,575 | -185 (-11%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Lone Star quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
218 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 218 fires within 5 miles of Hughes Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 1,577 acres in total. 6 started naturally. 29 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 | 120 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 29 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 13 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Natural | 6 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MORRIS 12:45 |
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLCREST FIRE |
| 30 September 2010 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2010086 |
| 30 September 2000 | Recreation and ceremony | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 471 |
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013059 |
| 19 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 170 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 16 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Hughes Springs: 11 occurrences, 5 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Water, Free. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Star Deposits | Iron, Water, Free | Past Producer | 1830, 1855 | |
| Oak Grove-Rock Springs Deposit | Iron, Sand and Gravel, Construction | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Chambers-Hughes | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Chambers-Hughes Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Ed West | Iron | Occurrence | ||
| Ed West Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite | |
| Hooten Hill Deposit | Iron | Occurrence | Goethite, Hematite, Siderite | |
| Lone Star Steel Hughes Springs Mine | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Limonite Pits | Iron | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Steel Main Pits | Iron | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hughes Springs in 12 storm reports between 1994 and 1995: 7 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | $500,000 | Fourteen streets were blocked by fallen trees. Two cars were crushed and roofs were damaged by falling trees. Power lines were also blown down. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | $5,000 | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Hughes Springs | $5,000 | A brief tornado touchdown blew down some trees. |
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | $5,000 | A barn was unroofed by high winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | $5,000 | A mobile home was damaged by a falling tree from high winds. |
| January 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Hughes Springs | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| May 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | - | Trees were blown down by thunderstorm winds. |
| October 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Hughes Springs | - | Trees were blown down. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Hughes Springs | - | Water was four feet deep at intersection of Highway 49 and Highway 11. |
| May 1995 | Hail | Hughes Springs | - | no account filed |
| January 1994 | Hail | Hughes Springs | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Love | 2.2 miles | 12 | |
| Patman | 4.3 miles | 12 | |
| Sardis | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Pruitt Lake | 7.5 miles | 12 | |
| Avinger | 7.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cornett | 9.5 miles | 11 | |
| Carterville | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Bear Creek | 10.7 miles | 11 |
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 Hughes Springs | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982245 | 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 1338249. 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.



