Miami, Texas
Miami is a small ranching town in the rolling grasslands of the eastern Texas Panhandle, set along Red Deer Creek in Roberts County about 77 miles northeast of Amarillo. It serves as the county seat and grew up as a cattle-shipping point on the railroad, drawing on the surrounding cattle country of the High Plains. The town has long carried a reputation as one of the last genuine cowtowns of the Panhandle.
Property here runs through the Roberts Central Appraisal District and the county tax office — the homestead exemption, the appraisal cap, protests, and any MUD, PID, or special districts all sit at the parcel level. The Roberts County notes below cover the practical details, with the official county directory for the appraisal district and tax office.
Roberts County notes
What to know around Miami
Property Tax
One office handles both appraisal and tax bills in Roberts County
Roberts County has a single office that serves as both the appraisal district and the tax assessor-collector, so you deal with one place for property values and tax payments.
Agricultural Valuation
Most rural land in Roberts County is taxed on what it can produce, not what it would sell for
Land used for cattle grazing or crops can qualify for a lower tax value based on what the land produces. But if that use stops, back taxes called a rollback tax can come due.
Groundwater
Water wells here draw from the Ogallala Aquifer, which is managed and slowly declining
Most water in Roberts County comes from the Ogallala Aquifer, the largest in the U.S., but pumping exceeds recharge rates, and new wells above a certain size require a permit from the High Plains Underground Water Conservation District.
Wildfire Hazard
Wildfire is a real risk in Roberts County, especially in dry and windy weather
The Panhandle mix of dry grass, wind, and open ranch country makes wildfire a practical home-and-ranch check in Roberts County.
Hunting
Roberts County is in the Panhandle and North zones for hunting seasons
Hunters in Roberts County can go after white-tailed deer, mule deer, wild turkey, quail, pheasant, and pronghorn. Different zone rules apply. Almost all land here is private, so you need permission from the landowner.
Local History
Roberts County grew out of open-range cattle ranching in the 1870s and 1880s
Roberts County was carved from large ranching operations after the Army pushed out Comanche and Kiowa bands in 1874-75. Its county seat Miami still hosts a National Cow Calling Contest that has run every year since 1949.
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Gray County
5 local notes · Panhandle / High Plains
Hemphill County
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Wheeler County
6 local notes · Panhandle / High Plains
Ochiltree County
5 local notes · Panhandle / High Plains
Hutchinson County
7 local notes · Panhandle / High Plains
Lipscomb County
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