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Elm Grove, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1894 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Richland Springs census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76872. It lies near Brushy Mountain. The Survey maps it on the Elm Grove quadrangle.

Elm Grove within San Saba County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

54 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Elm Grove between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,581 acres in total. 5 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
Debris and open burning20
Equipment and vehicle use17
Missing data/not specified/undetermined9
Natural5
Arson/incendiarism1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELM GROVE FIRE
4 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWELL
4 September 2010Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGOSSETT
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceELM GROVE FIRE
27 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use100 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in San Saba County

Storms near this place

4 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elm Grove in 4 storm reports between 1999 and 2015: 2 tornado, 2 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2004Tornado (F0)Elm Grove-A citizen observed a tornado touching ground and then dissipating near his home in Elm Grove.
May 1999Tornado (F0)Elm Grove-A brief tornado touchdown was reported in northern San Saba County near the community of Elm Grove.
March 2015HailElm Grove-no account filed
June 2011HailElm Grove-no account filed

Every storm recorded in San Saba 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
Holt4.0 miles14
Bowser5.2 miles15
Skeeterville7.1 miles14
Locker9.1 miles15
Hall9.8 miles14
Richland Springs12.4 miles14
Spring Creek13.4 miles14
Algerita17.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379717. 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.