BlockHynds City, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Nocona census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76255. The Survey maps it on the Prairie Valley School quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Prairie Valley School quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
166 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 166 fires within 5 miles of Hynds City between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,086 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 82 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
| Debris and open burning | 17 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2018091 |
| 17 September 2017 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017106 |
| 16 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2017105 |
| 14 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2019075 |
| 14 September 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2018088 |
| 12 September 2015 | Recreation and ceremony | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015082 |
| 9 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2015070 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Hynds City: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unknown Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rowland | 3.0 miles | 9 | |
| Valley View | 3.6 miles | 9 | |
| Nocona Hills | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Spanish Fort | 6.0 miles | 10 | |
| Nocona | 8.6 miles | 10 | |
| Belcherville | 9.5 miles | 8 | |
| Corinth | 11.5 miles | 9 | |
| Bonita | 12.5 miles | 9 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122546472 | The 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 1379981. 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.