Texas State Library and Archives Commission

The Texas State Library and Archives will re-house in archival enclosures a collection of unique fire insurance maps created by the Texas Fire Insurance Department. Dating from approximately 1930 to 1975, these several thousand manuscript maps supplement the well-known and published Sanborn fire insurance maps by documenting small towns and areas of municipalities not covered by the commercial mapmaker. Created to help determine fire insurance rates for specific areas, these maps provide a wealth of unique and irreplaceable information about the built environment of numerous Texas communities.