Keeter, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Boyd-Rhome census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76023. The Survey maps it on the Boyd quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1924 USGS Sunset 4-d quadrangle1:48000
- 1930 USGS Boyd quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Boyd quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
106 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 106 fires within 5 miles of Keeter between 2005 and 2018, burning about 5,028 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None was 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 | 48 |
| Debris and open burning | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 17 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 217 CR 4860 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 960 JENNINGS LN |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 500 SMITH ROAD |
| 8 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4577 |
| 6 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4691 |
| 5 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 4791 |
| 29 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 995 W. WHITE DOVE |
| 29 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR4680 |
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 Keeter: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyd Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| General Portland Newark Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
9 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Keeter in 9 storm reports between 1997 and 2026: 8 hail, 1 lightning. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2024 | Hail | Keeter | $500,000 | Grapefruit sized hail was reported 5 miles northeast of Springtown by an NWS employee. |
| April 2024 | Hail | Keeter | $300,000 | Report from mPing. |
| September 2020 | Lightning | Keeter | $30,000 | Lightning started a house fire in the Boyd area of Wise County. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Keeter | $7,000 | Spotter network report of 1.75 inch hail north of Springtown. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Keeter | $2,000 | Golfball size hail was reported near Keeter at FM 2048 and CR 4796. |
| March 2009 | Hail | Keeter | $1,000 | One inch size hail covered the ground at a home along Keeter Road west of Boyd. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Keeter | - | Report of 1 inch hail from mPING. |
| May 2009 | Hail | Keeter | - | Quarter size hail was reported 4 miles southwest of Boyd. |
| May 1997 | Hail | Keeter | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lucky Ridge | 2.9 miles | 9 | |
| Fairview | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Boyd | 4.0 miles | 12 | |
| Briar | 4.6 miles | 20 | |
| Cottondale | 5.3 miles | 9 | |
| Aurora | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Annaville | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Newark Beach | 6.1 miles | 20 |
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 Q122596710 | 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 1378518. 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.






