Baldwin, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waskom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75661. It stands on Beckum Creek. The Survey maps it on the Karnack quadrangle.
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.
- 1944 USGS Caddo Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1946 USGS Caddo Lake quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS Karnack quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
146 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 146 fires within 5 miles of Baldwin between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,815 acres in total. 15 started naturally. 9 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 | 59 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 |
| Natural | 15 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 9 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 564 |
| 7 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 42 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 560 |
| 6 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 375 |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2,036 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PETERS CHAPEL FIRE |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEAN RICHARSON |
| 5 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,048 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOOT WALKER FIRE |
| 4 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 184 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baldwin in 2 storm reports between 2003 and 2016: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2016 | Flash Flood | Baldwin | - | High water was reported flowing over FM 134 in Karnack, Texas. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F0) | Baldwin | - | A strong cyclic supercell moved eastward across the county. This supercell had a history of producing a long track tornado to the west in northeast Texas, specifically Wood, Upshur, Harrison, and Marion Counties and Lincoln and Union Parish in north central Louisiana. Damage was confined to snapped and pushed over trees. No structures were present. This tornado continued into Marion County, TX and Caddo Parish, LA. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pope City | 4.1 miles | 13 | |
| Karnack | 4.3 miles | 14 | |
| Uncertain | 6.0 miles | 15 | |
| Woodlawn | 6.5 miles | 13 | |
| Gainesville | 7.6 miles | 12 | |
| South Shore | 8.4 miles | 15 | |
| Leigh | 8.9 miles | 14 | |
| Swansons Landing | 9.7 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377970. 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.





