BlockElderville, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lakeport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75603. The Survey maps it on the Elderville quadrangle. It stands 367 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 16 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.
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Tatum quadrangle1:62500, 4 printings
- 1983 USGS Elderville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
617 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 617 fires within 5 miles of Elderville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 3,015 acres in total. 19 started naturally. 67 were 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 328 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 136 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 67 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 24 |
| Natural | 19 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 16 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 14 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
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 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 412 WALTER |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000257 |
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000245 |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000256 |
| 6 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 480 |
| 5 September 2017 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-0000285 |
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 Elderville: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ingram Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
Storms near this place
3 since 2021Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elderville in 3 storm reports between 2021 and 2025: 1 hail, 1 tornado, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2024 | Tornado (EF0) | Elderville | $100,000 | This is a continuation of the Northern Rusk County tornado. This EF-0 tornado, with estimated maximum winds near 85 mph, tracked northwest into Southeast Gregg County across the East Texas Regional Airport. Sporadic tree damage occurred just south of the airport, but as the tornado crossed over onto the airport property, it damaged several hangars by knocking down or twisting the large metal hangar doors, while ripping off some side paneling to the hangars. Two nearby stop signs were also twisted at the base. Additional tree damage also occurred on the west side of Highway 322 across from the airport before lifting shortly thereafter just north of FM 2204. |
| July 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elderville | - | Trees and power lines were blown down on Highway 322 near FM 2011. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Elderville | - | Nickel size hail fell along FM 2011 southwest of Longview. |
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.
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 Elderville | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076470 | 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 1379709. 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.