Maxwell, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1911 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Martindale census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78656. It lies near Koeglar Hill. The Survey maps it on the Uhland quadrangle. It stands 597 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1911 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS San Marcos quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Uhland quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
109 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 109 fires within 5 miles of Maxwell between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,232 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 59 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Fireworks | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 142/2720 |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 109/110 |
| 4 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAM PETUS/21 |
| 3 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LONG ROAD FIRE |
| 23 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 142 |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | THIRD ST |
| 22 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6016 2720 |
| 2 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 130@BLACK ANKLE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
11 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Maxwell in 11 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 4 hail, 4 flash flood, 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $500,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds knocked over power lines between Maxwell and Lockhart, and blew down trees at the Lockhart ISD Freshman Campus as well as in the town of Maxwell. The severe winds also rolled over a mobile home over at Lockhart. Hundreds of customers were reported to be without power for several hours. City administrators estimated it would take more than a month to repair damages. |
| May 2002 | Hail | Maxwell | $100,000 | Large hail broke windows and damaged vehicle windshields around Maxwell. |
| October 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $80,000 | Severe thunderstorm winds struck the area from Maxwell to northeast of Lockhart. The utility company reported that the storm blew down numerous trees and power line poles along this path. |
| September 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Maxwell | $15,000 | no account filed |
| May 2025 | Hail | Maxwell | - | A thunderstorm produced ping pong ball size hail near the San Marcos Regional Airport. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Maxwell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Several roads were flooded in central and western parts of the Caldwell County. Rainfall totals around Lockhart were as high as 7.64 inches. |
| March 2018 | Flash Flood | Maxwell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding closing numerous roads in Caldwell County. |
| April 2016 | Flash Flood | Maxwell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding closing 18 roads across the county. |
| March 2012 | Flash Flood | Maxwell | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that caused flash flooding of several roads and bridges in the vicinity of Misty Lane (CR229) between San Marcos and Lockhart. |
| May 2014 | Hail | Maxwell | - | no account filed |
| March 2005 | Hail | Maxwell | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reedville | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Martindale | 3.5 miles | 13 | |
| Uhland | 5.3 miles | 13 | |
| Lockhart | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Fentress | 8.7 miles | 13 | |
| Mineral Springs (historical) | 9.5 miles | 15 | |
| Niederwald | 9.5 miles | 18 | |
| Joliet | 9.8 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 Maxwell | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6796066 | 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 1341098. 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.





