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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.

Shive within Hamilton County

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.

Fires near this place

77 since 2006

Regional 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 burning44
Equipment and vehicle use16
Missing data/not specified/undetermined10
Smoking4
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWATSON
30 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARK HARRIS
24 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCLEPPER
1 September 2006Smoking10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOWHOUSE CREEK RANCH
4 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
31 August 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEVE ALLEN
3 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTRIEGLER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hamilton County

Storms near this place

17 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2023HailShive$250,000Fire and rescue reported 3-inch diameter hail near the intersection of County Road 2005 and County Road 221 southwest of Hamilton.
May 2015Tornado (EF1)Shive$100,000A 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 2009Thunderstorm WindShive$50,000A 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 2025HailShive$13,000Baseball size hail was reported off County Road 513 south of Shive.
June 2016Flash FloodShive$10,000Hamilton County Sheriff's Department reported water getting into one home in southern Hamilton County.
May 2013HailShive$10,000Trained spotters reported baseball sized hail near Shive.
May 2013HailShive$10,000Ping Pong ball sized hail was reported west of the city of Evant.
March 2002Thunderstorm WindShive$1,000Trees were blown down across Highway 84.
July 2025Flash FloodShive-County dispatch reported that County Road 513 near the intersection of County Road 518 south of Shive was impassible due to flooding.
April 2023HailShive-A public report indicated ping pong ball sized hail about 10 miles west-southwest of Hamilton, TX.
May 2022HailShive-A trained spotter reported 1.5 inch hail near FM 221 and FM 2414.
May 2001Thunderstorm WindShive-Power lines were blown down by high thunderstorm winds.
May 2021HailShive-no account filed
May 2011HailShive-no account filed
May 2011HailShive-no account filed
September 1996HailShive-no account filed
January 1995HailShive-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hamilton 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
Schoolerville2.8 miles13
Springdale4.3 miles13
Vista6.2 miles13
Midway6.3 miles13
Pottsville6.4 miles13
Parsley Crossing7.2 miles14
Pecan Wells7.7 miles13
McGirk8.3 miles13

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 ShiveAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7499366The 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.