BlockEli, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Lakeview census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79245. The Survey maps it on the Memphis NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 9 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 Plainview quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1958 USGS Plainview quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Memphis quadrangle1:62500
- 1976 USGS Memphis NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Memphis NW quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Wellington quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Eli between 2006 and 2016, burning about 1,183 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 1 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 | 21 |
| Natural | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RUDIE CALL IN |
| 5 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1722 BRICE |
| 30 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GABLE RT OF WAY |
| 27 August 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 256 GRASS FIRE |
| 5 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIREWORKS FIRE |
| 4 July 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4TH OF JULY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eli in 5 storm reports between 2012 and 2019: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eli | $15,000 | Law enforcement reported thunderstorm wind damage in and near the community of Plaska. Reports consisted of damage to barns, downed power lines, a few trailers blown over, and a roof removed from a home. A NWS storm survey was unable to reach this area to determine the full extent of damage, however a storm chaser in the area did report frequent inflow wind gusts to at least 60 mph into a nearby supercell thunderstorm. It is unclear if the damage was the result of inflow or outflow winds, or a combination thereof. Property damage was estimated to be around $15 thousand. |
| May 2019 | Tornado (EFU) | Eli | - | Storm chasers observed a brief tornado near the ghost town of Eli. |
| June 2018 | Hail | Eli | - | A storm chaser from KVII-TV in Amarillo measured mostly nickel size hail about 3 miles southwest of Memphis along Texas State Highway 256 but also observed a few hail stones up to quarter size. |
| June 2013 | Flash Flood | Eli | - | Widespread flash flooding was reported by several sources in northern Hall County. The Hall County Sheriff's Office and public reported widespread flash flooding in north-central Hall County from torrential rain. A resident in Lakeview measured 2.7 inches of rain in just 45 minutes, and a total rainfall of 3.5 inches was measured in Memphis. Rapid runoff resulted in flooding of Highway 256 from Lesley east to Lakeview, and to 5.5 miles southwest of Memphis. This highway was reported as being impassable in Lesley. The cluster of storms responsible for this flooding earlier produced five-minute rainfall rates measured as high as 0.72 inches by a Texas Tech University West Texas Mesonet located two miles southwest of Clarendon. Damage to roads, property, or some area crops are unknown. |
| May 2013 | Hail | Eli | - | A hailswath with large hailstones between quarter size and 2.25 inches in diameter fell from about four miles southwest of Memphis to six miles east-southeast of Memphis. Hail in Memphis was reported by the Fire Department to be pea to dime size. No damage was reported. |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379711. 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.
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.