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Dixie, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76273. The Survey maps it on the Whitesboro quadrangle.

Dixie within Grayson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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

97 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Dixie between 1998 and 2020, burning about 6,296 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined31
Equipment and vehicle use19
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Smoking1

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
5 September 2011Recreation and ceremony1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMAIN
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUGHES
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCRAWFORD RD
1 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHUGHES RD
9 August 2013Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 167
8 August 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 678 & FM 2383
6 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOCUST STREET FIRE
6 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 377

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Grayson County

Storms near this place

15 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Dixie in 15 storm reports between 1996 and 2025: 7 hail, 5 thunderstorm wind, 2 tornado, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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
April 1996Thunderstorm WindDixie1 hurt, $200,000no account filed
May 2025Thunderstorm WindDixie$7,000Emergency manager reported 60 mph winds near and north of Whitesboro. Damage was reported along HWY 377 at Ferguson Rd north of Whitesboro.
April 1996Tornado (F0)Dixie$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindDixie$5,000no account filed
April 1996Thunderstorm WindDixie$5,000no account filed
April 1996Tornado (F0)Dixie$5,000no account filed
September 2025HailDixie-Half dollar sized hail was reported north of Whitesboro at US Highway 377 and Ferguson Rd.
May 2024Flash FloodDixie-Emergency management reported that several county roads north of Whitesboro were impassable due to flowing water.
June 2024HailDixie-Quarter sized hail was reported along Highway 377 north of Whitesboro.
March 2023HailDixie-Quarter size hail was reported just north of Whitesboro.
March 2023HailDixie-Ping pong ball size hail was reported 7 miles north of Whitesboro.
October 2012Thunderstorm WindDixie-Amateur radio reported wind gusts between 60 and 65 MPH near the intersection of Highway 377 and Dixie Road.
October 2012HailDixie-Nickel sized hail was reported near Highway 377 and Dixie Road in Sandusky.
April 1996HailDixie-no account filed
April 1996HailDixie-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Grayson 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
Theodore0.2 miles12
Sandusky3.5 miles13
Basin Springs3.7 miles12
Sadler3.8 miles12
Whitesboro4.2 miles12
Gordonville6.1 miles12
Red Branch6.6 miles13
Mayd6.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356078. 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.