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Hye, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Johnson City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78636. It stands on Williams Creek. The Survey maps it on the Hye quadrangle. It stands 1,453 feet above sea level.

Hye within Blanco County

On record in Hye

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

Surveyed buildings and structures 1 record

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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.

Photographs

7 photographs, 2014

Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.

Old scale on the porch of the "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Old scale on the porch of the "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Texas outline in stone, propped against a wall at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Texas outline in stone, propped against a wall at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
The old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
The old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
"Wooden Indian" at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
"Wooden Indian" at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress
Hye Post Office & General Store, Hye, Blanco County, TX
Hye Post Office & General Store, Hye, Blanco County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
[President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
[President's Ranch Trail marker at the old "Hye" store and post office in Blanco County, west of Johnson City, Texas
Highsmith, Carol M, 2014. Library of Congress

Fires near this place

81 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Hye between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,211 acres in total. 2 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
Debris and open burning52
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Smoking1

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
30 September 1992Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreLyndon B. Johnson National Historic ParkWIRE
12 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1212 MARTIN RD
8 August 2017Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service317 AUSTIN RD BLANCO CO
8 August 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 August 2007Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 August 2019Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9242 RR 1320
2 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Blanco 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 Hye: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
Dolostone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Blanco County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hye in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 flash flood, 1 tornado, 1 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
April 2006Tornado (F1)Hye$50,000A small tornado was spotted by the public as it touched down east of Hye. The tornado destroyed a barn, then lifted back up into the parent thunderstorm. No other damage was indicated.
June 2023Thunderstorm WindHye$2,000A thunderstorm produced wind gusts of 60 mph that knocked down small tree limbs near Hye.
May 2025HailHye-A thunderstorm produced baseball size hail near Hye.
April 2024HailHye-A thunderstorm produced quarter to half dollar size hail at the intersection of US 290 and Rocky Rd. east of Hye.
May 2021HailHye-A thunderstorm produced golf ball size hail in Hye.
May 2021HailHye-A thunderstorm produced nickel to quarter size hail north of Hye.
May 2019HailHye-A thunderstorm produced one inch hail in Hye.
March 2007Flash FloodHye-Thunderstorms produced between 2 and 3 inches of rain over much of northern Blanco County, with highest amounts near 5 inches in the Johnson City area. Flash flooding closed FM1623 and FM1323 through much of the afternoon.
March 2007Flash FloodHye-Up to 3 inches of rain fell across northern Blanco County, with near 4 inches at Johnson City. Flash flooding closed FM2766 and FM962.
October 2006Flash FloodHye-Thunderstorms produced an average 1 inch rain over the northern part of Blanco County, with up to 4 inches near Round Mountain. Flash flooding closed FM962 and FM1323.
May 2013HailHye-no account filed
April 2011HailHye-no account filed
October 1997HailHye-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Blanco 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
Rocky Creek2.4 miles12
Westbrook (historical)3.0 miles12
Post Oak4.5 miles12
Johnson City8.7 miles15
Sandy9.8 miles15
Flugrath10.0 miles12
Blanco12.7 miles13
Blowout14.1 miles11

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 HyeAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4116457The 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 1378475. 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.