Batson, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Saratoga-Batson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77519. The Survey maps it on the Thorson Gully quadrangle. It stands 82 feet above sea level.
On record in Batson
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Ada Belle Oil Welllisted 1980
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Liberty quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Daisetta quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Thorson Gully quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
148 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 148 fires within 5 miles of Batson between 1992 and 2018, burning about 2,037 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 47 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 | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 47 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 951 |
| 26 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GALLANDER RANCH |
| 26 September 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 98 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 210 |
| 20 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THRASHER PROPERTY |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Big Thicket National Park | BATSON |
| 18 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 September 2000 | Natural | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 648 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Batson: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Batson Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1903 |
Storms near this place
6 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Batson in 6 storm reports between 1997 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 heavy rain, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2015 | Flood | Batson | $250,000 | As rainwater drained toward Pine Island Bayou and Black Creek flooding continued in south portions of Hardin County for a few days. Around 15 homes flooded in Pinewood Estates while Pine Island Bayou crested. |
| December 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batson | $20,000 | no account filed |
| January 2024 | Thunderstorm Wind | Batson | - | Power lines downed in Batson. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Batson | - | Golf ball size sized hail was reported on Highway 105 near Highway 770 southwest of Saratoga. The report was relayed by the Hardin County Sheriffs office. |
| October 2013 | Heavy Rain | Batson | - | Heavy Rain caused minor flooding of some roadways around Batson including FM770 and around Luberton including Candlestick Drive. Pictures were also sent in via Facebook of minor flooding around Lumberton. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Batson | - | 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 Batson | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q4869645 | 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 1330140. 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.






