Abbott, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Hillsboro census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76621. The Survey maps it on the Abbott quadrangle. 352 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1892 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1920 USGS Waco quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Abbott quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Waco quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
125 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 125 fires within 5 miles of Abbott between 2008 and 2020, burning about 475 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 71 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 25 |
| Debris and open burning | 19 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Other causes | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 518 HCR 2233 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CORN FIELD |
| 30 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 29 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1242 M/A ABBOTT DISREGARD |
| 28 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 26 September 2011 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
15 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Abbott in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 6 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Abbott | $50,000 | A tornado occurred near Abbott, first developing on the west side of I-35W and CR 2341 where trees were damaged and uprooted. A semi-tractor trailer was rolled over on the interstate. The tornado moved northeast causing tree damage until it reached CR 3106 where it caused minor damage to a few homes. The tornado dissipated after crossing CR 3106 again, north of CR 3145. Maximum estimated winds were 95 mph. |
| June 2007 | Flash Flood | Abbott | $40,000 | Interstate 35 at exit 366 near Abbott was under water, and a bridge on CR 2415 south west of Peoria was washed away. Street flooding was also reported in Hillsboro. |
| October 2001 | Tornado (F1) | Abbott | $40,000 | A tornado touched down 2 miles northwest of Birome and moved east northeast 0.7 of a mile before dissipating. The damage path was mostly across open country, but heavy damage occurred to a mobile home and a barn. |
| March 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abbott | $5,000 | A car wash was destroyed by thunderstorm winds. |
| January 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abbott | $500 | Emergency management reported minor wind damage to roofs and metal garages; as well as two trees blown down in the city of Abbott, TX. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Abbott | - | A trained spotter reported 1.25 inch hail near Abbott. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Abbott | - | A public phone call reported 1 inch hail in Abbott. |
| March 2021 | Hail | Abbott | - | Quarter size hail was reported between West and Abbott. |
| April 2018 | Hail | Abbott | - | A social media report indicated golfball sized hail between the cities of Bynum and Abbot. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Abbott | - | Water was reported over Interstate 35 near Abbott. |
| June 2000 | Flash Flood | Abbott | - | Water was reported over Interstate 35 at mile marker 359. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Abbott | - | Several roads were reported flooded in and around town. |
| April 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Abbott | - | Trees two feet in diameter were uprooted by high winds. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Abbott | - | no account filed |
| March 2017 | Hail | Abbott | - | 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.
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 Abbott | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q306757 | 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 1329165. 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.





