BlockElliott, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1955 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Harrold-Oklaunion census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76364. The Survey maps it on the Davidson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 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.
- 1955 USGS Lawton quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1958 USGS Davidson quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Davidson quadrangle1:24000
- 1986 USGS Vernon quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
20 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Elliott between 2006 and 2014, burning about 3,536 acres in total. 1 started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KHOLER |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287/OKLAUNION |
| 27 August 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 17 August 2010 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 121 AND 287 |
| 28 July 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 134 E |
| 25 July 2014 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287-HARRROLD 1 |
| 5 June 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WHEAT WEST OF BUG |
| 24 June 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 287 OKLAUNION #2 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elliott in 3 storm reports between 2003 and 2007: 1 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elliott | $60,000 | Major transmission lines were blown down. A barn was destroyed and two houses had their roofs blown off. Monetary damages were estimated. |
| August 2005 | Flash Flood | Elliott | - | At 1:25 pm CST, the Texas Department of Transportation reported that floodwaters from Adams Creek had washed over Texas Farm Road 1763, one mile south of Elliott, TX. |
| June 2003 | Hail | Elliott | - | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklaunion | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Harrold | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Hinds | 9.9 miles | 9 | |
| Vernon | 11.1 miles | 9 | |
| Rock Crossing | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Grayback | 12.7 miles | 7 | |
| Midway Crossing | 15.3 miles | 7 | |
| Fargo | 15.4 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1356920. 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.