Bailey, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Leonard census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75496. The Survey maps it on the Leonard quadrangle. 220 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 712 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBailey fell from 289 to 220 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 289 | |
| 2020 | 220 | -69 (-24%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 6 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.
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Leonard quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
157 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 157 fires within 5 miles of Bailey between 2005 and 2020, burning about 694 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 79 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 37 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 31 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 842 CR 3135 |
| 4 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1510 FM 1552 |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 1566 AND CR 1019 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAILEY FIRE |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1029 CR 3130 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
25 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bailey in 25 storm reports between 1995 and 2025: 10 thunderstorm wind, 9 hail, 2 flash flood, 2 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 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $10,000 | Emergency manager reported a very large tree branch collapsed onto the roof of a mobile home just north-northwest of Bailey. |
| October 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $10,000 | A public report indicated that a 180 feet tall Guyed Rohn tower collapsed from thunderstorm winds. |
| April 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $10,000 | Four houses had roof and window damage; one 200 x 300 foot barn unroofed. |
| November 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $8,000 | A barn was damaged and a calf stable was destroyed along CR 1552 in Bailey. |
| July 2005 | Lightning | Bailey | $5,000 | Power substation knocked out due to lightning strike. |
| August 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $3,000 | Power lines were blown down by high winds. |
| August 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $2,000 | High winds destroyed sheds and outbuildings, and blew down large tree limbs. |
| March 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $2,000 | A shed was damaged by high winds. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $1,000 | Amateur radio reported damage to a barn and a few trees down near the community of Bailey, TX. |
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | $1,000 | A tree was blown down across a road. |
| March 2025 | Hail | Bailey | - | Fire department reported 1 inch hail northeast of Leonard. |
| December 2022 | Tornado (EF1) | Bailey | - | This is a continuation of the tornado that started in northern Hunt County. An EF-1 tornado affected Hunt and Fannin Counties near Wolfe City. The tornado touched down near FM 816 near Loring Creek in Hunt County where tree and structural damage was noted. Moving northeast the tornado crossed the county line into Fannin County where additional tree and structural damage was noted near State Highway 11. The tornado continued northeast through southern Fannin County where it moved through a solar farm destroying a path of panels. By this time, the tornado had weakened with the last notable damage found near Speaker Jimmy Turman Road where it continued to do minor damage before lifting. Maximum estimated winds were 90 mph. |
| March 2017 | Hail | Bailey | - | Amateur radio reported golf ball sized hail in the city of Bailey, TX. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Bailey | - | Fannin County Sheriff's Department reported that swift water was flowing over Highway 11 near the intersection of CR 3808, where a car had stalled. |
| August 2017 | Flood | Bailey | - | Fannin County Sheriff's Department reported that water was flowing over Highway 78 just south of the city of Bailey, TX. |
| April 2017 | Hail | Bailey | - | The Bailey volunteer fire department reported ping pong ball sized hail. |
| June 2012 | Hail | Bailey | - | Quarter sized hail fell between Wolfe City and Bailey. |
| May 2010 | Flash Flood | Bailey | - | High water was reported over Highway 79 between the cities of Leonard and Bailey. |
| April 2007 | Flash Flood | Bailey | - | Numerous roads were closed and barricaded due to high water. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bailey | - | Hail to the size of hen eggs reported in Gober. |
| April 2005 | Hail | Bailey | - | Golf ball size hail reported. |
| July 1995 | Hail | Bailey | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| July 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bailey | - | Trees were blown down by high winds. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Bailey | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Bailey | - | 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.
| Map | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gober | 4.8 miles | 6 | |
| Leonard | 5.6 miles | 6 | |
| Randolph | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Cotton Center | 5.8 miles | 6 | |
| Union Hill | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Clutter Point | 6.5 miles | 6 | |
| Edhube | 7.1 miles | 6 | |
| Hail | 7.5 miles | 6 |
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 Bailey | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q969718 | 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 1351404. 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.



