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Elm Mott, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Elm Mott census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76640. The Survey maps it on the Elm Mott quadrangle. It stands 525 feet above sea level.

Elm Mott within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

338 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Elm Mott between 2003 and 2020, burning about 934 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning210
Missing data/not specified/undetermined97
Equipment and vehicle use7
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking2
Recreation and ceremony2
Other causes1
Natural1

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
8 September 2019Equipment and vehicle use7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1941 GRASS/TRACTOR FIRE ROSS RD
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-2510008
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE-OLD DALLAS RD
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF158
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE-FROSTDALE DRIVE
6 September 2015Debris and open burning150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDFIRE-SPRING LAKE ROAD
5 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONTROL BURN - HOT SPEEDWAY
4 September 2019Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF155

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

15 since 1995

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elm Mott in 15 storm reports between 1995 and 2026: 10 hail, 4 flash flood, 1 lightning. 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
October 2015Flash FloodElm Mott$100,000High water rescues were ongoing near Elm Mott. In addition, at least 10 families along Lincoln City Road were cut off when flood waters overtook the road in the 1400 to 1800 block.
May 2008LightningElm Mott$50,000Lightning struck the roof of a vacant home, starting a fire which damaged the roof and breezeway.
April 2011HailElm Mott$4,000no account filed
June 2025Flash FloodElm Mott$1,000An EM reported 6 to 8 inches of water over the roadway at the intersection of Meixner Road and FM 308 southwest of Elm Mott.
April 2026HailElm Mott-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
April 2026HailElm Mott-Emergency manager reported quarter sized hail in Elm Mott.
June 2023HailElm Mott-Quarter to half dollar size hail was reported in Elm Mott.
May 2020HailElm Mott-Hail up to nickel size was reported in the Elm Mott area.
April 2018HailElm Mott-Amateur radio reported penny-sized hail in the city of Elm Mott, TX.
May 2017HailElm Mott-Broadcast media reported quarter-sized hail off Highway 308 near the city of Elm Mott, TX.
November 2001Flash FloodElm Mott-Three persons were rescued from a vehicle stalled in high water.
June 2000Flash FloodElm Mott-Water covered the road at F.M. 308 and Boad Road.
May 1995HailElm Mott-Softball-size hail fell at TSTI.
April 1996HailElm Mott-no account filed
January 1995HailElm Mott-no account filed

Every storm recorded in McLennan 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
Northcrest2.4 miles18
Lacy-Lakeview2.9 miles18
Ross3.4 miles18
Ocaw3.5 miles18
Bellmead5.4 miles18
Leroy6.0 miles18
Gholson6.5 miles18
Bosqueville6.7 miles19

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 MottAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q5366294The 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 1356982. 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.