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Hume, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1951 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Jacksonville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75766. The Survey maps it on the Jacksonville West quadrangle.

Hume within Cherokee County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 10 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

447 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 447 fires within 5 miles of Hume between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,083 acres in total. 10 started naturally. 19 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 burning256
Missing data/not specified/undetermined79
Power generation/transmission/distribution19
Arson/incendiarism19
Equipment and vehicle use17
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Smoking15
Natural10
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1

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
9 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7127
9 September 1995Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 September 1993Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4462 CR 3108
8 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 229
8 September 1997Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 September 1993Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service#7048

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cherokee County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hume: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Iron. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Mount HavenIronProducer

Every working recorded in Cherokee County

Storms near this place

7 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hume in 7 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2015Thunderstorm WindHume$20,000Several trees were downed southwest of Jacksonville, including a tree on a home along CR 3208 and 3209.
May 2025Flash FloodHume-Portions of FM 747 southwest of Jacksonville was covered in high water.
April 2025Flash FloodHume-Portions of FM 747 southwest of Jacksonville were flooded.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHume-A large tree fell across Farm to Market Road 747, 4 miles south of Highway 79. This resulted in a temporary closure of the road.
March 2016Flash FloodHume-Excessive heavy rainfall resulted in the closures of Cr. 4223, FM. 4705, FM. 856, CR. 4612, CR. 4408, CR. 4614, FM. 1227 and FM. 3230.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHume-Trees were downed southwest of Jacksonville, Texas.
April 2009HailHume-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Cherokee 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
Mountain Heaven1.0 miles10
New Hope1.9 miles10
Lake View2.6 miles10
Ironton2.8 miles10
Church Hill3.1 miles10
Jacksonville3.6 miles10
Corine4.2 miles10
Pine Grove4.4 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380863. 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.