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Ellison Springs, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Gorman census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76454. The Survey maps it on the Gorman quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Ellison Springs within Eastland 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

70 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Ellison Springs (historical) between 2006 and 2020, burning about 5,265 acres in total. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use22
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Debris and open burning9
Natural2
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
23 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILLIAMS
9 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGKB GREENHAW
8 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service515
29 August 2010Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLODERER FIRE
25 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePLASTIC POOL FIRE
21 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRIMSHAW
21 August 2010Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBETTIS
19 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURNS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Eastland 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
Gorman2.8 miles13
Desdemona4.7 miles12
Kokomo4.8 miles12
Chaney8.5 miles12
Staff9.1 miles12
Carbon10.7 miles12
Punkin Center11.8 miles12
Merriman (historical)13.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034968. 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.