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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.

Abbott within Hill County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 14 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

125 since 2008

Regional 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/undetermined71
Equipment and vehicle use25
Debris and open burning19
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Natural2
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
6 September 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service518 HCR 2233
5 September 2008Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCORN FIELD
30 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
29 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 1242 M/A ABBOTT DISREGARD
28 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
27 September 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
26 September 2011Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hill County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2024Tornado (EF1)Abbott$50,000A 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 2007Flash FloodAbbott$40,000Interstate 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 2001Tornado (F1)Abbott$40,000A 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 1999Thunderstorm WindAbbott$5,000A car wash was destroyed by thunderstorm winds.
January 2021Thunderstorm WindAbbott$500Emergency management reported minor wind damage to roofs and metal garages; as well as two trees blown down in the city of Abbott, TX.
April 2026HailAbbott-A trained spotter reported 1.25 inch hail near Abbott.
April 2026HailAbbott-A public phone call reported 1 inch hail in Abbott.
March 2021HailAbbott-Quarter size hail was reported between West and Abbott.
April 2018HailAbbott-A social media report indicated golfball sized hail between the cities of Bynum and Abbot.
June 2000Flash FloodAbbott-Water was reported over Interstate 35 near Abbott.
June 2000Flash FloodAbbott-Water was reported over Interstate 35 at mile marker 359.
January 1998Flash FloodAbbott-Several roads were reported flooded in and around town.
April 1995Thunderstorm WindAbbott-Trees two feet in diameter were uprooted by high winds.
March 2017HailAbbott-no account filed
March 2017HailAbbott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Hill 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
Chatt4.2 miles14
Menlow4.7 miles15
Vaughan5.7 miles14
Bynum7.1 miles14
Birome7.7 miles7
Penelope8.0 miles7
Aquilla8.0 miles15
Winslow8.1 miles14

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 AbbottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q306757The 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.