Sexton, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1944 and the latest in 2003. It stands in the Milam census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75972. It stands on Bull Bay Creek. The Survey maps it on the Patroon South quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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.
- 1944 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1955 USGS Alexandria quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Patroon quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Patroon South quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Natchitoches quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 2003 USGS Patroon South quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
56 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 56 fires within 5 miles of Sexton between 1992 and 2018, burning about 722 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 6 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 | 17 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Other causes | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 1993 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 21 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 20 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 198 |
| 11 September 2000 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 699 |
| 11 September 2000 | Natural | under an acre | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | REEVES |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2014Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sexton in 3 storm reports between 2014 and 2024: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 tornado. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF1) | Sexton | - | An EF-1 tornado with estimated maximum winds near 110 mph touched down in extreme Northeastern Sabine County south of the East Hamilton community along the eastern shore of Toledo Bend Reservoir, before crossing an inlet area as a waterspout as it entered extreme Southeast Shelby County near the East Hamilton community. Areal satellite imagery and areal surveys confirmed that multiple trees were snapped and uprooted before the tornado entered Shelby County. |
| November 2022 | Hail | Sexton | - | Ping pong ball size hail fell north of the Milam community along Highway 87. |
| August 2014 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sexton | - | A tree was downed north of Hemphill, Texas. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Isla | 5.3 miles | 14 | |
| Geneva | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Milam | 9.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rosevine | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sabinetown | 15.4 miles | 14 | |
| Hemphill | 15.7 miles | 11 | |
| Bronson | 16.1 miles | 12 | |
| Strickland Crossing | 16.4 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1382740. 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.






