Eliasville, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Graham census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76481. It stands on Gage Creek. The Survey maps it on the Eliasville quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1890 USGS Breckenridge quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Eliasville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mineral Wells quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
68 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Eliasville between 2006 and 2020, burning about 1,198 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 21 |
| Debris and open burning | 14 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
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 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GILMORE |
| 6 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRAHAM |
| 5 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HANLON CR 171 |
| 5 September 2019 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 171 FIRE |
| 3 September 2009 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SKY RESOURCE |
| 23 September 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK/OAK FIRE |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARDUE FIRE |
| 18 September 2019 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARDUE #2 |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Eliasville: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pratt Materials Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
13 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eliasville in 13 storm reports between 1997 and 2025: 8 hail, 3 tornado, 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 2013 | Tornado (EF1) | Eliasville | $80,000 | Trained spotters observed a tornado outside of Eliasville. This was the second of two tornadoes this day. This tornado was very narrow, but produced EF-1 damage to a home. This tornado moved from the northeast to the southwest. |
| June 2011 | Hail | Eliasville | $40,000 | Ping pong to golfball sized hail was covering the ground in Eliasville. |
| May 2022 | Hail | Eliasville | $10,000 | The local fire department reported golfball sized hail about a mile west of Eliasville, TX along FM 1974. |
| May 2015 | Hail | Eliasville | $10,000 | Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail approximately two miles northwest of Eliasville. |
| May 2025 | Hail | Eliasville | - | A storm chaser reported 1 to 1.3 inch hail in Eliasville. The time was estimated by radar. |
| May 2013 | Tornado (EF0) | Eliasville | - | Trained spotters observed a tornado outside of Eliasville. This was the first of two tornadoes, and was the largest. However, this tornado occurred over open land, and produced little to no damage. |
| June 1997 | Tornado (F0) | Eliasville | - | Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Eliasville | - | Portions of Farm-to-Market Road 1974 remained flooded. |
| June 1997 | Flash Flood | Eliasville | - | Farm-to-Market Road 1974 was reported flooded. |
| April 2003 | Hail | Eliasville | - | no account filed |
| April 2003 | Hail | Eliasville | - | no account filed |
| October 2001 | Hail | Eliasville | - | no account filed |
| May 1998 | Hail | Eliasville | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Bend | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Old Caseyville Crossing | 8.8 miles | 11 | |
| Murray | 9.6 miles | 8 | |
| Bunger | 9.8 miles | 11 | |
| Belknap (historical) | 13.2 miles | 10 | |
| Graham | 13.8 miles | 11 | |
| Twin Mountains | 14.2 miles | 11 | |
| Newcastle | 16.2 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1335308. 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.




