BlockFrom the record
One of 2 National Register listings published here for Callahan County · listed in 2012 · category: Building.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
Texas and Pacific Railway Depot
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012.
The listing
- What is counted as historic. The nomination lists 1 building as contributing to the listing.
- Address. 100 Market St., Baird, 79504
- When was it listed? April 2012
- Category. building
- Census division. Baird
- Architectural style. Mission Revival architecture
- National Register reference number. 12000194 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
234 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 234 fires within 5 miles of Texas and Pacific Railway Depot between 2004 and 2020, burning about 3,396 acres in total. 7 started naturally. None 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 | 107 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 41 |
| Debris and open burning | 39 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 18 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | UPRR BAIRD |
| 5 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HIGHLAND STREET |
| 4 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | IH20 & GUN ROAD |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 311 I-20 EAST |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS 1-20E 305 |
| 3 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRUET CR 248 |
| 26 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | I20 GRASS FIRES |
Storms near this property
60 of 68 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Baird, the town this property stands in, in 68 storm reports between 1993 and 2026: 35 hail, 16 thunderstorm wind, 8 tornado, 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | $250,000 | The metal roof of the city hall building was picked up by the winds and landed 250 yards away. There was also wind damage to some nearby housing units. A few power lines were blown down. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | $200,000 | A strong downburst of winds from a thunderstorm resulted in straight line wind damage across the town of Baird. These damaging thunderstorm winds uprooted large trees, blew down power lines and removed a few roofs from buildings. Most of the damage was blown to the north and northeast direction across the City of Baird. The damaging winds also damaged a feed mill in Baird. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F1) | Baird | $50,000 | This tornado was reported from the same location as the one at 1715 CST and was much larger. Extensive damage to homes and businesses was reported. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Baird | $50,000 | A brief touchdown was observed. |
| September 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | $25,000 | no account filed |
| February 1995 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | $20,000 | A truck accident on Highway 36 just east of Highway 283 was caused by high winds. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Baird | $10,000 | no account filed |
| March 2026 | Funnel Cloud | Baird | - | Public reported a funnel cloud via social media. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Baird | - | Law enforcement reported quarter sized hail. |
| March 2026 | Hail | Baird | - | Public reported half dollar sized hail. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Baird | - | Public report of half dollar sized hail in Baird. |
| June 2025 | Hail | Baird | - | An amateur radio operator reported golf ball size hail in Baird along I-20. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | There was video on Twitter of of wind gusts of 60 mph. |
| August 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | There were trees blown down. |
| May 2021 | Flood | Baird | - | Law enforcement officials reported multiple low water crossings with flowing water in Baird, and people were trapped in their vehicles. |
| August 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | A report of telephone poles bent over and tree limbs on the roadway on U.S. Highway 283 north of Baird. The time of this report was estimated by radar. |
| February 2017 | Flash Flood | Baird | - | Heavy rain from thunderstorms caused flooding about a mile north of Baird. This water flooded one home. |
| May 2016 | Flash Flood | Baird | - | Several reports of water rescues were conducted in Callahan County as motorists attempted to drive into deep water. Some homes were partially flooded in Baird and a number of county roads were flooded. A few evacuations also took place. |
| March 2014 | Hail | Baird | - | A trained spotter reported nickel to quarter size hail covering Interstate 20. Some car windshields were reported cracked or broken. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | A gas station sign was damaged. |
| May 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | A wind gust of 60 mph was reported. |
| July 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | A convenience store manager estimated thunderstorm winds in excess of 70 mph. He also reported some of the gas pump signs were blown away. |
| September 2012 | Flash Flood | Baird | - | Law enforcement officials reported a few high water rescues along the service road to Interstate 20. This was near the exit to Oplin. In addition, several low water crossing were also flooded in the county. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Baird | - | A storm chaser photographed this tornado. The twister broke some mesquite tree limbs. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Baird | - | Several storm chasers reported this as a rope tornado that lasted about 3 minutes. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Baird | - | A storm chaser and trained storm spotter reported this tornado briefly touched down in an open field. It broke a few mesquite tree limbs. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | An estimated 69 MPH wind gust was reported in Baird. |
| May 2011 | Hail | Baird | - | This report was relayed to the National Weather Service by the Abilene Police Department. |
| April 2011 | Tornado (EF0) | Baird | - | A storm chaser reported a large multivortex tornado near U.S. Highway 283 near the Shackelford - Callahan County line. A person who lived near the area also saw this tornado. |
| June 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | Power poles were reported down in town. |
| May 2003 | Tornado (F1) | Baird | - | An off duty National Weather Service employee reported this tornado. This tornado moved east and snapped and stripped a swath of mesquite trees, and damaged some fence. This tornado also destroyed an old wooden school building and a shed. |
| March 2002 | Hail | Baird | - | An NWS Cooperative observer reported hail up to the size of golf balls. |
| September 2001 | Hail | Baird | - | Large hail, a few up to the size of baseballs, was reported near Baird in Callahan County. |
| May 1994 | Tornado (F0) | Baird | - | Storm spotters reported a tornado crossing Interstate 20 at Baird. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Baird | - | A brief touchdown was observed. |
| April 2023 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2020 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2013 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| October 2012 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| April 2011 | Funnel Cloud | Baird | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| June 2009 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| April 2007 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2006 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| June 2005 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| December 2004 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | no account filed |
| August 2004 | Flash Flood | Baird | - | no account filed |
| June 2003 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Baird | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| May 2002 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| September 2001 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| March 1999 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| June 1998 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
| July 1998 | Hail | Baird | - | no account filed |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 12000194 in Record Group 79. |
| Callahan County | All 2 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.