Elbert, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Throckmorton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76372. The Survey maps it on the Padgett quadrangle. 29 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 1,155 feet above sea level.
Population over time
3 figuresElbert fell from 56 to 29 between 2000 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 56 | |
| 2010 | 30 | -26 (-46%) |
| 2020 | 29 | -1 (-3%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 8 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.
- 1954 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Wichita Falls quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Padgett quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Graham quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
10 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 10 fires within 5 miles of Elbert between 2005 and 2020, burning about 248 acres in total. 1 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 | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 August 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2020135 |
| 25 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RIVER BRIGE |
| 11 August 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HEARD RD |
| 11 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PADGETT |
| 8 May 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1158 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elbert: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avery Sand and Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
36 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elbert in 36 storm reports between 1993 and 2025: 21 hail, 6 tornado, 6 thunderstorm wind, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 1993 | Tornado (F1) | Elbert | $500,000 | A tornado near Elbert destroyed a mobile home, three vehicles, and killed four cows. One of the dead cows had a two by six board driven all the way through it. Damage was estimated at 100,000 dollars. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Elbert | $200,000 | A tornado struck the small community of Elbert. There was considerable damage to mobile homes and metal buildings, with lesser damage noted in permanent structures. A cotton gin was destroyed, with the silo blown northeast across State Highway 79. The tornado apparently first touched down near Elbert, tracking eastward along State Highway 79 to the Young County line. Fortunately, there were no reported injuries. |
| April 2000 | Hail | Elbert | $150,000 | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbert | $80,000 | Damaging winds destroyed 2 large grain elevator and downed trees in the small community of Elbert. |
| April 2000 | Tornado (F1) | Elbert | $50,000 | A tornado developed west of Elbert, tracking along a 4 mile path to just northwest of Elbert. |
| June 2002 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbert | $8,000 | Strong thunderstorm winds blew the roof off of a building in Elbert. |
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbert | $5,000 | Several barns and outbuildings were destroyed by severe thunderstorm winds. |
| April 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbert | $5,000 | A 7200-volt distribution line pole was broken off by high winds. |
| August 2013 | Lightning | Elbert | $3,000 | A lightning strike caused a tank battery fire near Elbert. |
| April 2025 | Flash Flood | Elbert | - | Public reported road flooding due to flash flooding and a few vehicles stranded. |
| May 2016 | Tornado (EF0) | Elbert | - | The Throckmorton Volunteer Fire Department trained spotters reported a tornado briefly touching down about 5 miles northwest of Elbert. |
| May 2015 | Tornado (EF0) | Elbert | - | The public observed a tornado crossing the field about 4 miles northwest of Elbert north of Highway 79 near FM 2459. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Elbert | - | A trained spotter reported two inch hail in Elbert. |
| April 2013 | Hail | Elbert | - | A trained spotter reported two inch hail a mile east of Elbert. |
| August 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbert | - | Law enforcement reported a 60 mph wind gust. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Elbert | - | Golf ball sized hail was reported covering the ground according to a gas station attendant. |
| June 2005 | Hail | Elbert | - | Hail covered the ground. |
| June 2002 | Tornado (F0) | Elbert | - | Law enforcement reported a brief tornado in Elbert. No structures were hit by the tornado. |
| June 1995 | Hail | Elbert | - | Highway 183 was closed by high water. |
| October 1993 | Hail | Elbert | - | A tornado near Elbert destroyed a mobile home, three vehicles, and killed four cows. One of the dead cows had a two by six board driven all the way through it. Damage was estimated at 100,000 dollars. |
| May 2017 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2015 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2015 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2014 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2002 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| May 2000 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| May 1996 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 1996 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| November 1996 | Flash Flood | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| April 1993 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
| October 1993 | Hail | Elbert | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Creek | 7.4 miles | 8 | |
| Throckmorton | 11.5 miles | 8 | |
| Woodson | 17.6 miles | 8 | |
| Lusk | 20.5 miles | 11 | |
| McKeichan Crossing | 22.0 miles | 8 | |
| Bartholomew Crossing | 23.0 miles | 8 | |
| Gentry Crossing | 23.4 miles | 8 | |
| Reynolds Crossing | 23.6 miles | 8 |
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 Elbert | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q974495 | 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 1373614. 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.



