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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 7 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.
- 1953 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dothan quadrangle1:250000
- 1968 USGS Louisville quadrangle1:24000
- 1981 USGS Troy quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
65 since 1994Regional 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/undetermined | 22 |
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 5 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 17 September 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 15 September 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 1 September 1994 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.5 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 5 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | SER-20150805-002 |
| 29 August 1998 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
| 18 August 2000 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Alabama Forestry Commission | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 98 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bar 16 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Bar 17 Clay Prospect | Clay | Prospect | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown | ||
| Unnamed | Iron | Unknown |
Storms near this place
4 since 2006Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 2006 | Tornado (F2) | Baxters | $5,000 | The 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 2019 | Tornado (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 2017 | Tornado (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 2015 | Flash Flood | Baxters | - | 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. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisville | 2.2 miles | 7 | |
| Clio | 3.7 miles | 8 | |
| Tyler Crossroads | 4.7 miles | 8 | |
| Hobdy | 4.8 miles | 7 | |
| Lindsey | 5.9 miles | 7 | |
| Pratts | 6.3 miles | 7 | |
| Elamville | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Blue Springs | 7.6 miles | 8 |
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.




