Bettie, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Bettie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75644. It stands on Poor Creek. The Survey maps it on the Bettie quadrangle. It stands 335 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 12 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1960 USGS Bettie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Marshall quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
560 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 560 fires within 5 miles of Bettie between 1992 and 2020, burning about 2,607 acres in total. 21 started naturally. 21 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 | 384 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 80 |
| Natural | 21 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Smoking | 11 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 6237 |
| 9 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-263 |
| 8 September 2015 | Natural | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 15-0282 |
| 8 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 640 |
| 8 September 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 229 |
| 7 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-261 |
| 7 September 2000 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 382 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-375 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
6 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Bettie in 6 storm reports between 2000 and 2025: 4 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2005 | Thunderstorm Wind | Bettie | $25,000 | Roof was completely blown off a home in town. |
| April 2025 | Tornado (EF1) | Bettie | - | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 95 mph touched down between the Union Hill and Delrose communities as the previous long track tornado occluded just northeast of Lake Gilmer. A few hardwood and softwood trees were snapped and uprooted along this brief track between Chipmunk and Bear Roads, before lifting prior to reaching Highway 271 shortly before reaching the Bettie community. |
| March 2010 | Hail | Bettie | - | Hail was reported in Bettie, Texas. |
| October 2010 | Hail | Bettie | - | no account filed |
| May 2003 | Hail | Bettie | - | no account filed |
| March 2000 | Hail | Bettie | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Union Hill | 1.1 miles | 12 | |
| Delrose | 1.6 miles | 12 | |
| Bethlehem | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Concord | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Lone Pine | 3.8 miles | 12 | |
| Friendship | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Ewell | 4.4 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q131309143 | 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 1330540. 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.



