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Hunter, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the New Braunfels census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78132. It lies near Bullhead Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Hunter quadrangle. It stands 627 feet above sea level.

Hunter within Comal County

On record in Hunter

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

59 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 59 fires within 5 miles of Hunter between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,624 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Debris and open burning15
Equipment and vehicle use11
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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 2014Debris and open burning6.0 acresSan Marcos Aquatic Resources CenterBAILER
6 September 2009Smoking110 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWATSON LANE
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNOV-90
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHOFFMAN LN FIRE
8 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4700 IH 35 N
29 August 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNATURES WAY FIRE
23 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN I-35, 14-5561
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service4817 IH 35 FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Hunter: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Hunter PitLimestone, GeneralProducer1973
Texas Industries Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Comal County

Storms near this place

16 since 2012

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hunter in 16 storm reports between 2012 and 2025: 13 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 2025Thunderstorm WindHunter$5,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 65 mph that uprooted a large tree at the corner of Beaver Ln. and Deer Run Way in New Braunfels.
March 2025HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced penny size hail west-southwest of Hunter.
March 2024HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced nickel size hail northeast of New Braunfels.
March 2023HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Hunter.
March 2023HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail west of Hunter.
April 2021HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Hunter.
April 2021HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Hunter.
March 2021HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced two inch diameter hail northeast of New Braunfels.
March 2021HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail northeast of New Braunfels.
April 2019HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced nickel to half dollar size hail north of New Braunfels.
April 2019HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail north of New Braunfels.
April 2019HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail near Wegner Rd. and Lost Trail west of San Marcos.
April 2019HailHunter-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail in the River Chase and Havenwood subdivisions north of New Braunfels.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindHunter-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 50 to 60 mph.
April 2015HailHunter-Dime to quarter size hail was reported by an NWS employee north of the city of Gruene.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindHunter-A thunderstorm produced wind gusts estimated at 60 mph.

Every storm recorded in Comal 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
Royal Forest4.4 miles14
Thorn Hill6.0 miles14
Gruene6.4 miles14
Freiheit6.7 miles14
Preiss Heights6.8 miles14
First Crossing6.9 miles14
Third Crossing7.4 miles14
Second Crossing7.5 miles14

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 HunterAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q126659324The 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 1359837. 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.