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Hutchins, Texas

21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southwest Dallas census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75141. The Survey maps it on the Hutchins quadrangle. 5,607 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 466 feet above sea level.

Hutchins within Dallas County

Population over time

3 figures

Hutchins grew from 2,805 to 5,607 between 2000 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.

YearPeople Change
20002,805
20105,338+2,533 (+90%)
20205,607+269 (+5%)

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 21 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

121 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 121 fires within 5 miles of Hutchins between 2011 and 2018, burning about 82 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined100
Equipment and vehicle use13
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Smoking2
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLEDBETTER
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN JIM
4 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service6101-6199 BONNIE VIEW
4 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOWDY
3 September 2015Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCANTURA

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Dallas County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Hutchins: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 prospect. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
AbandonedSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Dowdy Ferry PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Wray Sand and Gravel OperaionSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Keller PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProspect
Marriott Brothers Catfish FarmSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Merlin Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Dallas County

Storms near this place

11 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hutchins in 11 storm reports between 1993 and 2024: 5 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 death. 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 1997LightningHutchins1 killedno account filed
May 2024HailHutchins$100,000A public report indicated two-inch diameter hail between Hutchins and Wilmer.
October 2015LightningHutchins$50,000A lightning strike started a house fire near Judge Dupree Drive and Gentle River Drive in southeast Oak Cliff. The house sustained significant damage.
June 2004Thunderstorm WindHutchins$25,000Large steel framed building blown down by high winds.
June 2009Thunderstorm WindHutchins$5,000Trees were down in Hutchins.
August 2012HailHutchins-Quarter sized hail was reported by a storm spotter near the intersection of Interstate 45 and Wintergreen Rd.
September 2011Thunderstorm WindHutchins-A 60 MPH wind gust was estimated at Interstate 35 and Dowdy Ferry Road.
May 2009HailHutchins-Nickel size hail was reported in the city of Hutchins by the local Police Department.
January 2005Flash FloodHutchins-I-45 exit closed due to high water.
April 1995HailHutchins-no account filed
April 1993HailHutchins-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Dallas 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
Wilmer4.4 miles18
Lancaster4.6 miles19
Rylie4.9 miles21
Fruitdale5.0 miles20
Kleberg5.4 miles19
Bobwyn6.0 miles19
Bear Creek Ranch6.5 miles19
Patrick6.8 miles18

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 HutchinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q974025The 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 1338331. 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.