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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.

Eliasville within Young County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 13 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

68 since 2006

Regional 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use12
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Natural7
Arson/incendiarism4

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
9 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGILMORE
6 September 2010Missing data/not specified/undetermined60 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRAHAM
5 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHANLON CR 171
5 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCR 171 FIRE
3 September 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSKY RESOURCE
23 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARK/OAK FIRE
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARDUE FIRE
18 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePARDUE #2

Every fire recorded in Young County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Pratt Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Young County

Storms near this place

13 since 1997

Regional 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
May 2013Tornado (EF1)Eliasville$80,000Trained 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 2011HailEliasville$40,000Ping pong to golfball sized hail was covering the ground in Eliasville.
May 2022HailEliasville$10,000The local fire department reported golfball sized hail about a mile west of Eliasville, TX along FM 1974.
May 2015HailEliasville$10,000Trained spotters reported ping pong ball sized hail approximately two miles northwest of Eliasville.
May 2025HailEliasville-A storm chaser reported 1 to 1.3 inch hail in Eliasville. The time was estimated by radar.
May 2013Tornado (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 1997Tornado (F0)Eliasville-Spotters reported a brief tornado touchdown.
June 1997Flash FloodEliasville-Portions of Farm-to-Market Road 1974 remained flooded.
June 1997Flash FloodEliasville-Farm-to-Market Road 1974 was reported flooded.
April 2003HailEliasville-no account filed
April 2003HailEliasville-no account filed
October 2001HailEliasville-no account filed
May 1998HailEliasville-no account filed

Every storm recorded in Young County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
South Bend6.0 miles11
Old Caseyville Crossing8.8 miles11
Murray9.6 miles8
Bunger9.8 miles11
Belknap (historical)13.2 miles10
Graham13.8 miles11
Twin Mountains14.2 miles11
Newcastle16.2 miles10

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.