Sandy Hill, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1914 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Gay Hill-Independence census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77833. The Survey maps it on the Independence quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1914 USGS Gay Hill quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1959 USGS Independence quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1993 USGS Brenham quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
116 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 116 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Hill between 2006 and 2020, burning about 334 acres in total. 5 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 burning | 80 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLOVER RD |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 2621 |
| 4 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9800 FM 2621 |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALESTINE RD |
| 3 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KETTLER RD |
| 27 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 19 September 2018 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PALESTINE RD |
| 16 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD INDEPANDENCE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sandy Hill in 2 storm reports between 2010 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 funnel cloud. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Funnel Cloud | Sandy Hill | - | A funnel cloud was sighted near Independence. |
| April 2010 | Hail | Sandy Hill | - | Penny sized hail was observed on FM 50. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence | 3.1 miles | 10 | |
| Prairie Hill | 3.4 miles | 10 | |
| William Penn | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| Wiedeville | 4.1 miles | 9 | |
| Earlywine | 4.3 miles | 9 | |
| Whitman | 5.1 miles | 8 | |
| Goodwill | 7.9 miles | 8 | |
| Daniels | 8.4 miles | 8 |
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 Sandy Hill | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q120355508 | 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 1379025. 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.



