Elm Flat, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Kerens census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75144. The Survey maps it on the Powell 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.
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Powell quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Corsicana quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
313 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 313 fires within 5 miles of Elm Flat between 2003 and 2020, burning about 2,077 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 10 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 121 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 93 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 55 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 10 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 4 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-090914 |
| 8 September 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1411959 |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1112193 |
| 7 September 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3072 BURN BAN |
| 7 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NW 2020 & HWY 22 ( JIMMY DADE) |
| 5 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | C13-11697 |
| 5 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 13363 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elm Flat in 3 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2024 | Hail | Elm Flat | $8,000 | Public report of golf ball hail near Mildred, relayed by emergency management. |
| June 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elm Flat | $1,000 | At least one tree was uprooted and another tree splintered in the Bluffview Estates on Richland Chambers Lake. |
| June 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elm Flat | - | Emergency management reported numerous trees either uprooted or snapped between the cities of Chatfield and Mildred, TX. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Powell | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Goodlow Park | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Eureka | 4.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kerens | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Mildred | 5.3 miles | 10 | |
| Bazette | 7.0 miles | 9 | |
| Navarro | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Round Prairie | 7.3 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378253. 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.



