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Elizabethtown, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Justin-Roanoke census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76262. It stands on Henrietta Creek. The Survey maps it on the Justin quadrangle.

Elizabethtown within Denton County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

138 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 138 fires within 5 miles of Elizabethtown between 2005 and 2020, burning about 312 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 3 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/undetermined101
Equipment and vehicle use10
Smoking7
Debris and open burning6
Natural4
Arson/incendiarism3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Recreation and ceremony1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
6 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWESTPORT
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTH FREEWAY
20 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePARK VISTA
20 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1020 W FIFTH ST
18 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTIMBERLAND
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceN BEACH
14 September 2014Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODSIDE
13 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2390 FM 407

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Denton 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 Elizabethtown: 2 past producers. None of them 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Denton 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
Roanoke3.0 miles11
Marshall Creek3.6 miles11
Justin4.5 miles10
Trophy Club5.2 miles18
Corral City6.0 miles11
Northlake7.3 miles8
DISH7.8 miles8
Argyle8.5 miles11

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 ElizabethtownAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q1287010The 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 1378252. 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.