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Hamilton County, Texas
Brazos Valley & Texas Triangle · Texas A&M AgriLife Extension District 8 — Central · County seat: Hamilton · FIPS 48193
- Check conditions before stocking. Drought, rainfall, soil moisture, heat, and water slots are ready for automated county pulls.
- Compare nearby counties. Use the county context section to move across adjacent cattle and forage areas in the region.
- Look up water and land context. Surface-water rights, groundwater, appraisal, and GLO reference links are grouped below.
- Prepare movement paperwork. TAHC movement, ADT, CVI, and TSCRA inspection/theft resources are kept in the movement section.
Refresh status: dashboard structure is staged; values remain pending until Honest Cattle connects live Texas data feeds.
Hamilton County condition cards
Tiles mirror the Montana county template, with Texas-specific metrics in place of snowpack/SNOTEL.
Forage Score
Good · confidence Medium
Drought Monitor
0% of county in D1 or worse · USDM 2026-06-15
Rainfall
Last month 4.34" (+0.17" vs normal) · NOAA/NCEI 2026-05
KBDI (dryness)
County mean (0–800; higher = drier). Range 96–258 · TFS 06-12-2026
Streamflow
No representative in-county USGS gauge assigned yet.
Soil Moisture
TexMesonet / TxSON station soil VWC — enrichment layer, coming next.
Updated 2026-06-13 · sources: USDM, NOAA NCEI, Texas A&M Forest Service KBDI, USGS. With the assistance of AI.
Reading this dashboard
Pending does not mean normal conditions; it means the page structure is ready but the data field is not yet connected.
Best use
Use this county page as a daily operating view once feed jobs are live, then verify critical movement or legal decisions against official agency sources.
County identity
Hamilton County belongs to Brazos Valley & Texas Triangle and District 8 — Central. County seat: Hamilton.
Hamilton County and neighbors
Cow-calf, stocker, and hay production with US-281 / SH-36 / SH-22 market access. Water and forage context: Leon & Bosque river basins.
Adjacent county links
Rainfall, soil, and hydrology
Precipitation anomaly
Populate from NOAA/NCEI county precipitation and station data. Include water-year and recent 30/60/90-day views.
Soil moisture
Populate from the nearest TexMesonet/TWDB station where representative; otherwise label coverage as limited.
Streamflow and reservoir
Assign county-relevant USGS stream gauge, watershed, or reservoir storage reference (Leon & Bosque river basins).
Short-window forage signal
Use a two-week rainfall table or chart here to match the Montana page’s short-term weather block. Recommended fields: observed rain, normal rain, anomaly, number of rain days, last measurable rain, and source station/grid.
Texas reference tools for Hamilton County
These links replace Montana cadastral/DNRC links with Texas-specific public data tools.
Surface-water rights
Use the TCEQ Water Rights Viewer for water-right authorizations, ownership, recent use data, and environmental-flow standards.
Groundwater wells
Use TWDB groundwater reports to search selected wells, water levels, water quality, and aquifer records by county.
Property appraisal
Use the Texas Comptroller directory to reach the county appraisal district and tax assessor-collector resources.
State land / lease context
Use the Texas GLO Land & Lease Viewer for state land, survey, lease, coastal, energy, and imagery context.
Hamilton County cattle-market context
Cattle production
Pasture-based cow-calf, stocker, and backgrounding with US-281 / SH-36 / SH-22 access toward regional auctions and direct buyers.
Hay & winter feed
Hay sourcing becomes a key stress point when drought moves into the Leon & Bosque river basins area. Track ryegrass and bermudagrass windows.
Logistics
US-281 / SH-36 / SH-22 corridors support movement to Waco, Bryan–College Station, and Houston/Gulf demand depending on county position.
Recommended live fields: USDA NASS cattle inventory, calves sold, hay acres, hay production, USDA AMS nearby sale reports, and Honest Cattle private buyer/auction notes where available.
Hamilton County shipment and movement snapshot
Status: pending TAHC CVI / movement-data integration. Do not fabricate head counts or origin/destination totals.
Suggested method: show interstate CVI-derived movement where available, USDA NASS inventory/sales for county production context, and a clear note that private in-state movement is not fully captured by public data.
Inbound
Pending — destination CVI or import data required.
Outbound
Pending — origin CVI, market, or shipment data required.
Buyer/sale routes
Pending — attach USDA AMS sale reports and Honest Cattle buyer notes by region.
Texas compliance and ownership links
TAHC movement requirements
Species movement summaries, entry requirements, CVI rules, and import/export guidance.
TAHC Animal Disease Traceability
Official ID, premises/location ID, and interstate traceability guidance for cattle and bison.
TSCRA inspection and theft resources
Market inspectors, Special Rangers, livestock-theft reporting, and ownership-protection resources.
County brand records
Texas brand registration is handled through county recording offices. Link the Hamilton County clerk page here when a county-specific URL is added.
County clerk URL pending
External data sources staged for this page
- U.S. Drought Monitor — weekly drought category and county statistics.
- NOAA/NCEI Climate at a Glance county data — precipitation and temperature context.
- USGS Texas streamflow and TexMesonet — streamflow, rainfall, soil moisture, and station data where coverage exists.
- TCEQ Water Rights Viewer, TWDB groundwater reports, and Texas GLO Land & Lease Viewer — water and land reference tools.
- USDA NASS Quick Stats — county livestock inventory and sales when available.
- TAHC movement requirements, TAHC ADT, and TSCRA theft/market inspection resources — movement, ID, and ownership protection.