Elm Creek, Texas
6 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Eagle Pass census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78852. It stands on Hediondo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Deadmans Hill quadrangle. 2,884 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 751 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElm Creek grew from 2,469 to 2,884 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 2,469 | |
| 2020 | 2,884 | +415 (+17%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 6 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.
- 1940 USGS Paloma quadrangle1:62500
- 1958 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1965 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:250000
- 1974 USGS Deadmans Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Eagle Pass quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
16 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 16 fires within 5 miles of Elm Creek between 2008 and 2011, burning about 553 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined | 14 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 May 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 500 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COMMANCHE RANCH |
| 9 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 March 2008 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 February 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Elm Creek: 1 producer. All of them still produce. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hopedale Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Elm Creek Number 1 Colonia | 0.1 miles | 6 | |
| Deer Run Number 2 Colonia | 0.1 miles | 6 | |
| South Elm Creek Number 3 Colonia | 0.1 miles | 6 | |
| South Elm Creek Number 4 Colonia | 0.2 miles | 6 | |
| South Elm Creek Number 2 Colonia | 0.3 miles | 6 | |
| Deer Run Number 1 Colonia | 0.4 miles | 6 | |
| Deer Run Number 4 Colonia | 0.5 miles | 6 | |
| Deer Run Number 5 Colonia | 0.5 miles | 6 |
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 Elm Creek | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q977776 | 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 1852704. 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.




