Baxter, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the LaRue-Poynor census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75770. The Survey maps it on the Leagueville quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1949 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Frankston quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1984 USGS Leagueville quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
118 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Baxter between 1992 and 2017, burning about 1,015 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 10 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 | 62 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 909092 |
| 8 September 2017 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0908173 PASTUR FIRE W/ EUSTACE |
| 7 September 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 0927141 TREE FARM & GRASS FIRE |
| 27 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JAMES RAY |
| 25 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3 MILE HILL |
| 18 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Baxter: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Clay. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
Storms near this place
4 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baxter in 4 storm reports between 1994 and 2026: 4 hail. 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 2018 | Hail | Baxter | $5,000 | Ping pong ball size hail reported by spotter on 175 south of Athens. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Baxter | - | Quarter sized hail was reported by an amateur radio operator 3 miles NW of Larue. |
| April 1996 | Hail | Baxter | - | no account filed |
| May 1994 | Hail | Baxter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine Grove | 3.4 miles | 16 | |
| New York | 4.2 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia Hill | 4.5 miles | 16 | |
| LaRue | 5.3 miles | 15 | |
| Athens | 6.2 miles | 16 | |
| Leagueville | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Murchison | 7.6 miles | 13 | |
| Shady Oaks | 8.9 miles | 15 |
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 Baxter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076406 | 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 1377976. 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.






