Ecleto, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gillett census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78116. The Survey maps it on the Ecleto quadrangle. It stands 338 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1920 USGS Smiley quadrangle1:125000
- 1953 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Seguin quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Ecleto quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Cuero quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
51 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 51 fires within 5 miles of Ecleto between 2005 and 2020, burning about 213 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 22 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 14 |
| Debris and open burning | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2015 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JESSE ATZGER |
| 7 September 2018 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAREY ZIMMERMAN |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KARNES COUNTY CR305 |
| 1 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR391 CANCELED |
| 4 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EOG RESOURCES MILTON HUB #3 |
| 3 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EOG RESOURCES MILTON HUB #2 |
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | EOG RESOURCES |
| 28 August 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TEXAS DEPT. OF TRANS. |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ecleto: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banduch-Cochran Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Cochran Mine | Uranium | Past Producer | Stratabound | |
| Cochran Pit | Uranium | Producer | ||
| Kunschik Pit | Uranium | Producer |
Storms near this place
2 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Ecleto in 2 storm reports between 2021 and 2023: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2023 | Flash Flood | Ecleto | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. TXDoT reported water over the road on FM 627 south of Gillett. |
| October 2021 | Flash Flood | Ecleto | - | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. Hwy 80 was flooded between Helena and Gillett. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harmony | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Gillett | 5.9 miles | 11 | |
| Helena | 7.4 miles | 9 | |
| Pawelekville | 9.7 miles | 10 | |
| Panna Maria | 9.8 miles | 9 | |
| Cestohowa | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Runge | 11.4 miles | 7 | |
| Mayo | 13.3 miles | 9 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Ecleto | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5332970 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379699. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.




