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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.

Sexton City within Rusk County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

534 since 1992

Regional 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 burning200
Missing data/not specified/undetermined156
Power generation/transmission/distribution68
Arson/incendiarism36
Equipment and vehicle use28
Railroad operations and maintenance17
Natural12
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony4
Fireworks2
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
9 September 2011Natural20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 511
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 128
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution295 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 533
9 September 1997Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service153-D COMMAND
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 517
7 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 512

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rusk County

Storms near this place

13 since 2008

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2013Thunderstorm WindSexton City$50,000A tree was uprooted and fell on a home off State Highway 323. There were no injuries reported.
April 2026HailSexton City-Nickel size hail reported near New London.
March 2025Thunderstorm WindSexton 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 2020Thunderstorm WindSexton City-Trees and power lines were downed in the New London area from a damaging gust front.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindSexton City-Numerous trees downed in the New London, Texas area.
January 2013HailSexton City-Hail was reported in the New London community.
April 2012Thunderstorm WindSexton City-A tree was downed on S. H. 323 just north of S. H. 42.
August 2012Thunderstorm WindSexton City-Large trees were downed near New London on FM. 2012 and FM 1513.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSexton City-Two trees were downed across a Farm to Market road in New London, Texas.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindSexton City-A large tree was downed blocking Hwy. 323 near Cr. 1513.
March 2008Thunderstorm WindSexton City-Trees were downed in town.
January 2010HailSexton City-no account filed
March 2008HailSexton City-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Rusk 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
Leverett's Chapel1.3 miles15
Pitner Junction3.0 miles15
Overton3.1 miles15
Jacobs3.7 miles15
Pirtle3.8 miles15
New London3.8 miles13
Red Level4.0 miles15
Laird Hill4.3 miles15

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 Q122540472The 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.