Dexter, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Callisburg census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76273. The Survey maps it on the Dexter quadrangle.
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.
- 1901 USGS Denison quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Gordonville quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1976 USGS Gordonville SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Dexter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
77 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 77 fires within 5 miles of Dexter between 2005 and 2020, burning about 7,706 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
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 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK CREEK |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAWPAW CREEK |
| 2 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE DIAMOND RESORT |
| 13 September 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASSFIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 9.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROCK CREEK |
| 12 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOUBLE DIAMOND RESORT |
| 8 August 2018 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 678 & FM 2383 |
| 5 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dexter in 4 storm reports between 1995 and 2006: 3 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 2006 | Hail | Dexter | $5,000 | no account filed |
| March 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Dexter | - | Large tree limbs were blown down. |
| June 1997 | Hail | Dexter | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Dexter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coesfield | 3.6 miles | 13 | |
| Sturgeon | 4.3 miles | 13 | |
| Balm | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Walnut Bend | 6.0 miles | 13 | |
| Callisburg | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Custer City | 10.4 miles | 13 | |
| Oak Ridge | 12.4 miles | 13 | |
| Sivells Bend | 14.0 miles | 13 |
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 Dexter | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q56322258 | 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 1355990. 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.






