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Baxters, Alabama

7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1981. It stands in the Louisville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 36048. The Survey maps it on the Louisville quadrangle.

Baxters within Barbour County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 7 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

65 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 65 fires within 5 miles of Baxters between 1994 and 2020, burning about 402 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Debris and open burning20
Arson/incendiarism7
Recreation and ceremony5
Equipment and vehicle use5
Natural3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
21 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Debris and open burningunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
17 September 1997Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
15 September 1998Arson/incendiarismunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
1 September 1994Railroad operations and maintenance2.5 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
5 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreAlabama Forestry CommissionSER-20150805-002
29 August 1998Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named
18 August 2000Natural3.0 acresAlabama Forestry Commissionnot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Barbour County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 98 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 98 workings within 5 miles of Baxters: 40 past producers, 31 prospects, 26 unknowns, 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Iron, Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Bar 16 Clay ProspectClayProspect
Bar 17 Clay ProspectClayProspect
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown
UnnamedIronUnknown

Every working recorded in Barbour County

Storms near this place

4 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baxters in 4 storm reports between 2006 and 2019: 3 tornado, 1 flash flood. 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
November 2006Tornado (F2)Baxters$5,000The Hamilton Crossroads tornado crossed from Pike into Barbour County, and traveled another 3 miles before lifting. Damage in the Barbour County portion was relatively minor, and consisted of mainly downed trees.
November 2019Tornado (EF0)Baxters-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in southwest Barbour County and determined that it was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 65 mph.||The tornado touched just northeast of the town of Clio, near the intersection of County Road 23 and Baxters Sexton Road. The tornado tracked northeast and crossed Blue Springs Road, where only minor tree damage observed. The tornado dissipated near County Road 33.
January 2017Tornado (EF1)Baxters-National Weather Service meteorologists surveyed damage in Barbour County and determined that the damage was consistent with an EF0 tornado, with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. This tornado began in Pike county about 5 miles north of the town of Goshen and traveled due east entering Barbour County near CR 130.|Damage across Barbour County was mainly uprooted trees. The tornado lifted just east of the town of Louisville off Carroway Road.
December 2015Flash FloodBaxters-Widespread flash flooding occurred over the northwestwestern portions of Barbour County, generally along and west of a line from the town of Clio to Comer. Three to four inches of rainfall caused water to flow across roadways and creeks to rise above bank full. Numerous roads were closed.

Every storm recorded in Barbour 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
Louisville2.2 miles7
Clio3.7 miles8
Tyler Crossroads4.7 miles8
Hobdy4.8 miles7
Lindsey5.9 miles7
Pratts6.3 miles7
Elamville7.4 miles8
Blue Springs7.6 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 156037. 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.

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.