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Boxelder, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Annona-Avery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75550. The Survey maps it on the Boxelder quadrangle. It stands 348 feet above sea level.

Boxelder within Red River County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 9 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Boxelder between 1993 and 2020, burning about 3,558 acres in total. 2 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 burning45
Missing data/not specified/undetermined12
Arson/incendiarism10
Equipment and vehicle use9
Natural2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Recreation and ceremony1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 648
3 September 2015Power generation/transmission/distribution25 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6173
21 September 1997Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 September 1994Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 September 2000Natural3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLINDEN - 335
31 August 1994Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Red River County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Boxelder: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Silica. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
UnknownSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in Red River County

Storms near this place

9 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Boxelder in 9 storm reports between 1996 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2024Tornado (EF1)Boxelder-An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 90 mph touched down northwest of the Boxelder community, just west of Crystal Lake. The damage was very sporadic and consisted entirely of damage to hardwood and softwood trees, which had large limbs downed and a few trunks snapped. The tornado traveled northeast crossing FM 44 and FM 1701, and eventually across County Roads 4310 and 4315, resulting in more sporadic tree damage. The tornado crossed Highway 82 and snapped more tree limbs along County Road 3322 before lifting.
May 2021Thunderstorm WindBoxelder-Multiple trees and power lines were downed on FM 412 and County Road 4222.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBoxelder-Trees were down in Boxelder. A shed was blown over on FM 412 north of Boxelder.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindBoxelder-A tree was blown onto a home in the 9000 block of Highway 44 near Boxelder.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindBoxelder-Trees and powerlines were downed in Boxelder, Texas.
March 2003HailBoxelder-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBoxelder-no account filed
June 1998Thunderstorm WindBoxelder-no account filed
March 1996HailBoxelder-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Red River County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Savannah (historical)4.3 miles8
Maple6.2 miles9
Harts Bluff6.9 miles9
Lydia7.1 miles8
Annona7.2 miles9
Avery7.3 miles8
Mena (historical)7.4 miles9
Peters Prairie7.9 miles8

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 Q131313166The 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 1352774. 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.