Sexton City, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1936 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Overton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75684. The Survey maps it on the Kilgore SW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:48000
- 1936 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500
- 1940 USGS Kilgore quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1971 USGS Kilgore SW quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
534 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 534 fires within 5 miles of Sexton City between 1992 and 2019, burning about 3,838 acres in total. 12 started naturally. 36 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 | 200 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 156 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 68 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 36 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 28 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 17 |
| Natural | 12 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 | Natural | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 511 |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 128 |
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 295 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 533 |
| 9 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 153-D COMMAND |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 517 |
| 7 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 512 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sexton City in 13 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 9 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | $50,000 | A tree was uprooted and fell on a home off State Highway 323. There were no injuries reported. |
| April 2026 | Hail | Sexton City | - | Nickel size hail reported near New London. |
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | Trees downed near the intersection of Highway 42 and FM Road 850, including a downed tree blocking the lanes of FM Road 850. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | Trees and power lines were downed in the New London area from a damaging gust front. |
| April 2015 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | Numerous trees downed in the New London, Texas area. |
| January 2013 | Hail | Sexton City | - | Hail was reported in the New London community. |
| April 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | A tree was downed on S. H. 323 just north of S. H. 42. |
| August 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | Large trees were downed near New London on FM. 2012 and FM 1513. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | Two trees were downed across a Farm to Market road in New London, Texas. |
| June 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | A large tree was downed blocking Hwy. 323 near Cr. 1513. |
| March 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton City | - | Trees were downed in town. |
| January 2010 | Hail | Sexton City | - | no account filed |
| March 2008 | Hail | Sexton City | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett's Chapel | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Pitner Junction | 3.0 miles | 15 | |
| Overton | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Jacobs | 3.7 miles | 15 | |
| Pirtle | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| New London | 3.8 miles | 13 | |
| Red Level | 4.0 miles | 15 | |
| Laird Hill | 4.3 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.
| Wikidata item Q122540472 | 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 2034641. 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.






