BlockHyman, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Westbrook census division. The Survey maps it on the Hyman quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1954 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Hyman quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Big Spring quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
25 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Hyman between 2006 and 2020, burning about 8,504 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Smoking | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 3,600 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BODINE 1 |
| 9 August 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHERIDAN SETTLES LEASE #5 |
| 5 August 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | MOSS LAKE RD |
| 23 August 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 900 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2183 AND CR 363 |
| 14 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 45 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | S SNYDER FIELD RD |
| 4 June 2016 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 350 AND 820 |
| 31 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | I20 MM 198 |
| 3 May 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 821 AND I20 |
Storms near this place
2 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Hyman in 2 storm reports in 2012: 2 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Hyman | - | A severe thunderstorm moved over Mitchell County and produced a tornado eighteen miles south of Westbrook. This tornado remained over ranch land adjacent to and west of State Highway 163. No damage was identified with this tornado, and it was rated as an EF-0. |
| April 2012 | Tornado (EF0) | Hyman | - | A severe thunderstorm moved over Mitchell County and produced a tornado eighteen miles south of Westbrook. This tornado remained over ranch land adjacent to and west of State Highway 163. No damage was identified with this tornado, and it was rated as an EF-0. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spade | 11.7 miles | 10 | |
| Iatan | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Pecan Crossing | 16.1 miles | 8 | |
| Lowe | 16.2 miles | 8 | |
| Westbrook | 16.3 miles | 8 | |
| Colorado City | 22.4 miles | 9 | |
| Cuthbert | 24.3 miles | 8 | |
| Buford | 26.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378477. 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.