BlockHulver, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Estelline census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79233. The Survey maps it on the Parnell quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS Memphis SE quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Parnell quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
17 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 17 fires within 5 miles of Hulver between 2007 and 2018, burning about 1,201 acres in total. 6 started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORD R & 21 |
| 8 August 2011 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DAVIDSON |
| 8 August 2008 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 August 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAR DITCH |
| 6 July 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 15 July 2016 | Natural | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DANNY DAVIDSON |
| 15 July 2016 | Natural | 70 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 16 April 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hulver in 3 storm reports between 2016 and 2023: 3 hail. 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 2023 | Hail | Hulver | - | A storm chaser reported two inch size hail in rural southeastern Hall County. No damage was reported. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Hulver | - | No damage was reported. |
| May 2016 | Hail | Hulver | - | The public reported hail ranging in size from 1/2 inch to golf ball size. Damage was not known. |
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.
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.
| Wikidata item Q122551329 | 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 1359812. 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.