Maxdale, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1893 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76549. It stands on Gann Branch. The Survey maps it on the Ding Dong quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 15 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.
- 1893 USGS Georgetown quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Ding Dong quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
169 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 169 fires within 5 miles of Maxdale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 788 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 | 78 |
| Debris and open burning | 76 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 347 OAKALLA LOOP |
| 3 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HICKORY DR. |
| 26 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 26511 FM 2607 |
| 19 September 2015 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DEER RUN |
| 12 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1812 WOLFRIDGE ROAD |
| 1 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVER RIDGE RD. HWY 195 |
| 9 August 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1411 SHADY LOOP |
| 9 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAXDALE/ MAYBERRY PARK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
4 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxdale in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. 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 2022 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxdale | $10,000 | Thunderstorm winds caused damage to a property on Wolfridge Rd in far southwestern Bell County. Minor roof damage was observed in pictures, a tree was split and fell on a chicken coop, a large wood shed was shifted off its cinderblocks and one wall partially collapsed, and other heavy objects on the property were pushed into each other. Damage was also reported to surrounding properties. |
| July 2025 | Flash Flood | Maxdale | - | Broadcast media reported that flood waters covered Oakalla Road at the Clear Creek Bridge, between Oakalla and Maxdale, causing the road to be closed. |
| May 2001 | Hail | Maxdale | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Maxdale | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ding Dong | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Mountain View Estates | 4.0 miles | 16 | |
| Youngsport | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Cedar Valley | 10.2 miles | 15 | |
| Chaffee Village | 10.4 miles | 15 | |
| Killeen | 10.5 miles | 18 | |
| Lone Star | 10.6 miles | 18 | |
| McNair Village | 10.7 miles | 15 |
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 Maxdale | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113331318 | 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 1380156. 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.



