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Huron, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Blum census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76692. The Survey maps it on the Blanton quadrangle.

Huron within Hill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 17 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

175 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 175 fires within 5 miles of Huron between 2008 and 2020, burning about 1,510 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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 burning87
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2

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
7 September 2019Debris and open burning500 acresTexas A & M Forest Service150
4 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 2604 & PR 120
4 September 2017Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePR 120
4 September 2017Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCRAC
4 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service114
30 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 1221
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 933
25 September 2017Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE 933

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Storms near this place

14 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Huron in 14 storm reports between 2009 and 2026: 8 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
February 2009Thunderstorm WindHuron$60,000Significant damage occured at a Youth Retreat near Huron. Numerous outbuildings were damaged or destroyed. The main building suffered significant roof damage, the support columns for the porch were dislodged or removed, and a metal canopy next to the building was destroyed. Several trees lost large limbs and two trees were uprooted. Debris from the retreat was scattered up to a half mile away. A NWS survey confirmed straight line winds or a microburst was responsible for the damage.
June 2014Flash FloodHuron$10,000Culverts at the Bear Creek crossing in White Bluff Resort near Huron collapsed due to heavy rainfall near 4 inches.
April 2026HailHuron$7,000A social media post reported at least golf ball size hail in the Blanton community.
November 2024Thunderstorm WindHuron$5,000Broadcast media reported a metal roof removed from a farm building and large tree limbs blown down between Whitney and Blum.
July 2025Flash FloodHuron-Emergency management reported that FM 933 was closed in both directions near County Road 1221 in Blum with a water rescue needed.
May 2023HailHuron-Quarter size hail was reported via mPING.
March 2021Thunderstorm WindHuron-Measured at the Blum ISD Farm.
May 2020HailHuron-Quarter size hail was reported downstream of Lake Whitney Dam.
October 2019HailHuron-A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter sized hail on the north side of Lake Whitney near the Hill/Bosque county line.
April 2017HailHuron-Amateur radio reported quarter-sized hail between the cities of Blum and Whitney.
May 2014Flash FloodHuron-Water was reported over FM 934 near Blum.
February 2011HailHuron-Nickel size hail was reported near Grub Hill.
February 2009HailHuron-Nickel to quarter size hail was reported on FM 2604.
June 2023HailHuron-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hill 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
Live Oak Resorts2.0 miles17
Red Hill4.1 miles17
Blanton5.2 miles17
Grub Hill5.3 miles17
Whitney6.4 miles16
Woodbury6.9 miles15
Blum7.4 miles18
Woodrow7.8 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378474. 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.