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Elm Grove, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1901 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Flatonia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78959. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Cistern quadrangle.

Elm Grove within Fayette County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 11 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

23 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Elm Grove between 1996 and 2020, burning about 621 acres in total. None 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
Debris and open burning14
Equipment and vehicle use4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
2 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONTROL BURN OUT OF CONTROL
6 August 2016Equipment and vehicle use7.3 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLIVE OAK
2 August 2018Equipment and vehicle use12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceU-HAUL
15 August 2020Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTRAILER TIRE
1 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID TO BASTROP
29 July 1997Debris and open burning25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 July 1997Equipment and vehicle use40 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fayette County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Elm Grove: 3 producers, 2 past producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Bentonite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Brenner PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary
Brenner PitBentoniteUnknown
Brown PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary
Brown PitBentonitePast Producer
Dewitt PitBentoniteProducerSedimentary
Dewitt PitBentonitePast Producer

Every working recorded in Fayette 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
Armstrong2.4 miles11
Colony3.0 miles11
Cistern4.3 miles11
Floy7.3 miles11
Flatonia8.0 miles11
Muldoon9.5 miles11
Old Flatonia9.8 miles11
Fords Prairie10.5 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378255. 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.