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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Justin quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Denton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
138 since 2005Regional 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/undetermined | 101 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WESTPORT |
| 27 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH FREEWAY |
| 20 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PARK VISTA |
| 20 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1020 W FIFTH ST |
| 18 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | TIMBERLAND |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | N BEACH |
| 14 September 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODSIDE |
| 13 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2390 FM 407 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Roanoke | 3.0 miles | 11 | |
| Marshall Creek | 3.6 miles | 11 | |
| Justin | 4.5 miles | 10 | |
| Trophy Club | 5.2 miles | 18 | |
| Corral City | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Northlake | 7.3 miles | 8 | |
| DISH | 7.8 miles | 8 | |
| Argyle | 8.5 miles | 11 |
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 Elizabethtown | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q1287010 | 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 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.




