Shive, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hamilton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76531. The Survey maps it on the Shive quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1888 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Brownwood quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Hamilton quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Shive quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Comanche quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
77 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Shive between 2006 and 2020, burning about 874 acres in total. 1 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 | 44 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATSON |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARK HARRIS |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLEPPER |
| 1 September 2006 | Smoking | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COWHOUSE CREEK RANCH |
| 4 August 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 31 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEVE ALLEN |
| 3 August 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STRIEGLER |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
17 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Shive in 17 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 11 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 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 2023 | Hail | Shive | $250,000 | Fire and rescue reported 3-inch diameter hail near the intersection of County Road 2005 and County Road 221 southwest of Hamilton. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF1) | Shive | $100,000 | A National Weather Service damage survey team found evidence of EF-1 tornado damage near the Shive community in Hamilton County. The tornado began southeast of the town center, damaging a house, several trees, and several farm buildings. The tornado occurred over mainly open land over its five mile path, but did damage to four houses. Several Hamilton County roads needed to be cleared thanks to tree damage as well. |
| February 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shive | $50,000 | A barn near Shive was heavily damaged and several roofs and trees were damaged near Shive. A house southwest of the city of Hamilton lost most of its aluminum metal roof and a large trailer was blown over. Near Hamilton Municipal Airport, another trailer was removed from its moorings and blown 20 feet to the north. Additional damage to outbuildings and power poles was reported across the southern half of the county. A NWS Survey team confirmed the damage across the county was due to downburst or straight lines winds estimated at 70 MPH. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Shive | $13,000 | Baseball size hail was reported off County Road 513 south of Shive. |
| June 2016 | Flash Flood | Shive | $10,000 | Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported water getting into one home in southern Hamilton County. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Shive | $10,000 | Trained spotters reported baseball sized hail near Shive. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Shive | $10,000 | Ping Pong ball sized hail was reported west of the city of Evant. |
| March 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shive | $1,000 | Trees were blown down across Highway 84. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Shive | - | County dispatch reported that County Road 513 near the intersection of County Road 518 south of Shive was impassible due to flooding. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Shive | - | A public report indicated ping pong ball sized hail about 10 miles west-southwest of Hamilton, TX. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Shive | - | A trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail near FM 221 and FM 2414. |
| May 2001 | Thunderstorm Wind | Shive | - | Power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Shive | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Shive | - | no account filed |
| May 2011 | Hail | Shive | - | no account filed |
| September 1996 | Hail | Shive | - | no account filed |
| January 1995 | Hail | Shive | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schoolerville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Springdale | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Vista | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Midway | 6.3 miles | 13 | |
| Pottsville | 6.4 miles | 13 | |
| Parsley Crossing | 7.2 miles | 14 | |
| Pecan Wells | 7.7 miles | 13 | |
| McGirk | 8.3 miles | 13 |
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 Shive | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7499366 | 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 1368212. 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.





