Nesbitt, Texas, sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b — a band that supports both cool-season staples and warm-season crops chosen to fit the local frost window.
These conditions suit cabbage, fig, california poppy, and collard greens — a starting list any specific site will trim or extend with its own soil, sun, and drainage.
Even in Nesbitt, no two yards are alike.
A low spot, a south-facing slope, or a stand of trees moves the frost date and sun across a single Nesbitt lot. Enter your address and we'll score 1,086 plants against your land's actual soil, sun, and frost.
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Nesbitt — the short answer
Nesbitt, Texas: USDA zone 8b, about 286 days between hard freezes, across 1K acres of town.
- USDA zone
- 8b
- USDA PHZM 2023
- Last hard freeze (28°F)
- Feb 18
- Harrison County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- First hard freeze (28°F)
- Dec 1
- Harrison County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Days between freezes
- ~286
- Harrison County normal — NOAA 1991–2020, nearest to this town
- Town area
- 1K acres
- US Census TIGER/Line 2025
Every figure names the dataset it came from. No 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid, so the hard-freeze dates are Harrison County’s — the closest measured record, labelled as such rather than passed off as local.
Hardiness Zone Range
Zone 8b is Nesbitt's average, not your lot's — a low corner or a tree line moves it. Against Nesbitt's 286-day season, see what your own ground reads.
Soil varies lot by lot — soil types explained.
What this means for growing in Nesbitt
Each reading below is measured for Nesbitt itself — here is what it means for a garden here, and the move an experienced grower makes about it.
Season length
From county recordsNesbitt runs about 286 days between hard freezes (read from Harrison County, the closest normal to Nesbitt) — close to year-round growing.
Frost is rarely the limit here; winter plantings are as real as summer ones, and the harder question is which crops shrug off the summer heat.
Grow cool-season crops through the mild winter, and choose heat-tolerant varieties for the summer beds.
NOAA 1991–2020 Climate Normals
Winter hardiness
MeasuredNesbitt sits in USDA hardiness zone 8b.
The zone sets which perennials, shrubs, and fruit trees live through an average winter here — a plant rated for a colder zone is a safe bet, one rated warmer needs winter protection or gets treated as an annual.
Match perennials and fruit to the zone before you buy, so nothing you plant is a gamble against the cold.
USDA PHZM 2023
The kind of country Nesbitt is in
Nesbitt sits in the South Central Plains — EPA Level III, inside the wider Eastern Temperate Forests. That is read at Nesbitt's own centroid rather than borrowed from Harrison County.
What Grows in Nesbitt
Every plant below cleared Nesbitt's own zone 8b and its 286-day season. Each card opens that plant's Texas profile. How we score.
Is it too late to plant in Nesbitt?
Rarely: the season closes in stages, not all at once, and each stage has its crops. Cool-season crops can go in from around Jan 21; tender transplants wait until two to three weeks after the last 28°F hard freeze, which lands near Feb 18 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals); and from midsummer, planting counts back from the first fall freeze around Dec 1 — long-season crops need about 90 days of runway, quick greens only 30. And with a calendar this mild, the honest answer is that planting barely stops — winter opens seasons colder regions never see.
What's on the federal record near Nesbitt
Closest first, within ~10 miles of Nesbitt. Listing isn't leaking, and distance isn't exposure.
- RED SIMPSONBrownfields · 550 ft
- NASHS RED BARN ANTIQUESUnderground Storage Tanks · 3.9 mi
- RALPH WATSON OILUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.0 mi
- GRAB N GO FOOD MARTUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.0 mi
- GRUBB POTTERY MANUFACTURINGUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.1 mi
- RYDER TRUCK TERMINALUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.2 mi
- FOSECO INCToxics Release Inventory · 4.3 mi
- TEXAS SCRAP & SALVAGEUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.3 mi
- EDNA FINKLEAUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.3 mi
- SNIDER INDUSTRIES LLPUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.4 mi
- OLD ROAD & BRIDGE DEPTUnderground Storage Tanks · 4.5 mi
- MONARCH TILE MFG., INC.Toxics Release Inventory · 4.5 mi
6 more sites are on the record inside the same radius. See them on the map
Measured from Nesbitt's center, not your beds. Run your own address for what's upwind of you specifically.
Environmental Intelligence
The counts behind that headline — every source type on the record near Nesbitt.
Total Sites
306
within ~10 miles of Nesbitt
Risk Level
Elevated
Highest-severity
1 Superfund site (none NPL-listed)
Sources Checked
within ~10 miles of Nesbitt
Severity Distribution
within ~10 miles of Nesbitt
Highest-Severity Sites
A note from Gnorman
What an experienced grower watches for around here
In and around Nesbitt, two things run higher than the national average within ~10 miles of Nesbitt — Underground Storage Tanks (242 sites) and Toxics Release Inventory (19 sites). Knowing it is half the work — and it's nothing a thoughtful grower can't plan for.
Underground Storage Tanks: Underground storage tanks are the single most common source of soil contamination near homes and gardens.
Toxics Release Inventory: TRI facilities report annual chemical releases to air, water, and land.
Use raised beds with imported soil — this eliminates the primary soil-contact pathway.
Check prevailing wind direction — downwind parcels face higher exposure than upwind or crosswind locations.
Check your specific parcel in Nesbitt
Get exact proximity distances to contamination sources for your specific parcel — plus soil, sun, drainage, and 1,086 plant recommendations.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Nesbitt average
Your land is one point inside Nesbitt
Everything above resolves to Nesbitt as a whole — one PHZM band, read across 1K acres, with hard-freeze dates borrowed from Harrison County’s record because no 30-year normal resolves at this town’s own centroid. Your parcel is one point inside that footprint. Slope, tree cover, a low spot that pools cold air, and what is in the soil are all resolved at the address, and none of them are visible at town scale. That is the honest boundary of this page, and the reason the next step is a reading of your own ground rather than a better local average.
Your Lot vs the Nesbitt Average
Nesbitt Average
- ●USDA Zones 8b, averaged across Nesbitt
- ●One soil character for all of Nesbitt
- ●Frost dates read at Nesbitt's scale: Feb 18 to Dec 1
YOUR Parcel
- ✓Your exact zone, not Nesbitt's 8b
- ✓Your SSURGO soil type & pH
- ✓Your sun exposure, cast in 3D
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Read your specific parcel in Nesbitt
Pull a site-specific report for your exact address in Nesbitt, Texas — soil, sun, drainage, frost risk, and scored plant recommendations.
Three things about your lot that Nesbitt averages can't show:
We read public map data around Nesbitt — soil, climate, flood, and parcel records. How we handle your address.
25+ data sources read at your address, not the Nesbitt average
How we know this about Nesbitt
The datasets: hardiness from the USDA ARS Plant Hardiness Zone Map 2023, read at this town’s own centroid; hard-freeze dates from NOAA 1991–2020 28°F normals at Harrison County’s record, because none resolves here; boundaries and acreage from US Census TIGER/Line 2025; the contamination records from the federal sources named in their beats above. Soil is not read at town grain anywhere on this page — there is no town-resolution survey in our data, which is why you will find no soil grid here rather than a statewide one wearing a local label. The resolution ledger below names every figure this page inherited.
Common questions about Nesbitt
When does frost risk typically end in Nesbitt?
The last hard freeze (28°F) in Nesbitt typically lands around Feb 18, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — earlier than the light-frost dates most charts quote. That marks the hard freeze, not the last light frost — lighter frosts keep biting past it, which is why tender transplants here wait until about Mar 11.
When is the first frost in Nesbitt?
The first hard freeze (28°F) in Nesbitt typically arrives around Dec 1, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals — the point tender summer crops finish. Lighter frosts run ahead of it, near Nov 17, so the watching starts about Nov 1 — about 286 days after the spring freeze cleared.
How long is the growing season in Nesbitt?
Measured between 28°F hard freezes, Nesbitt sees about 286 frost-free days — roughly Feb 18 through Dec 1, per NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals. Tender crops work a shorter one: nearer Mar 11 to Nov 17, about 251 days.
Is the soil safe to grow vegetables in Nesbitt?
The federal record around Nesbitt is a meaningful one — 306 documented sites, mostly Underground Storage Tanks entries (242), the nearest Brownfields record about 0.1 miles out — so a soil test before new food beds is a sensible precaution here, not a reason to hold back from growing. Remember that proximity to a documented site is information, not a diagnosis of any one yard; the contamination map shows exactly what sits where.
How do I protect my plants from frost in Nesbitt?
From about Nov 1 the job here turns from planting to protecting — the last start even a 30-day crop can finish. As the season closes around the first 28°F hard freeze near Dec 1 (NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals), three moves buy time: row cover or an old sheet over tender plants on still, clear nights; water the soil the afternoon before a freeze, so it holds warmth overnight; and harvest tomatoes, peppers and basil before Dec 1. Hardy greens and roots shrug off light frost and sweeten after it — leave them in.
Everything above is measured at Nesbitt's scale — its 8b band and its 286-day season. Your yard writes its own version of Nesbitt's numbers: we read soil, sun, drainage and frost at your exact address. Try it for 14 days — no card required.
What this page reads at Nesbitt’s own scale
5 of the readings below were taken at Nesbitt's own scale — the 1,117 acres it covers and 306 documented sites around it; 5 are borrowed from a wider read, named and linked below.
Measured here
- Nesbitt's own USDA hardiness band, zones 8bUSDA PHZM 2023
- 306 documented contamination sites on the federal record near Nesbitt, the closest Brownfields record about 0.1 miles out from the town centreFederal environmental registers
- Nesbitt's boundary and the 1,117 acres inside itUS Census TIGER/Line 2025
- Which of 1,086 plants clear zones 8b and a ~286-day seasonGrowable Ground crop-matching engine
- The ecoregion at Nesbitt's own centroid, the South Central PlainsUS EPA Level III Ecoregions
Inherited from a wider read
- The 28°F hard-freeze dates — Nesbitt has no normal of its own, so its county's is the closest measured readfrom Harrison County
- Soil character — no town-scale survey exists, so Nesbitt's 1,117 acres read through its county's SSURGO summaryfrom Harrison County
- Growing-degree days and winter chill — measured county-wide only, so the county page carries themfrom Harrison County
- The growing challenges every Texas grower plans around — written at state scale, so they stay on the state guidefrom Texas
- Butterfly and beetle records, and the farmland pesticide estimate — all published county-widefrom Harrison County
What this page can’t tell you
- The soil pH, drainage, sun hours, and frost pockets on any one lot among Nesbitt's 1,117 acreswhy one lot differs from the next →
- Which side of Nesbitt you're on — a low spot frosts first and a south wall warms early, and one normal is being asked to speak for all 1,117 acresreading your own microclimate →
- How close that record sits to YOUR lot — the closest Brownfields record about 0.1 miles out, measured from the town centrehow we read the record →
- Where cold air settles, which slopes face the sun, and which way the wind runs on your own ground — measured at your address, and averaged away by any Nesbitt-wide figureread your own land →
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