BlockElm View, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Southwest Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75058. The Survey maps it on the Gunter quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 7 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 Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Gunter quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS McKinney quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
36 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 36 fires within 5 miles of Elm View between 2005 and 2020, burning about 348 acres in total. 1 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 | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BLUE MOUND ROAD |
| 21 September 2010 | Equipment and vehicle use | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 902/289 |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STIFF CHAPEL |
| 14 September 2011 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WALL STREET |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HYW 289 |
| 14 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SH 289 GRASSFIRE |
| 30 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KERFOOT |
| 26 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 289 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sperry | 2.9 miles | 11 | |
| Gunter | 3.3 miles | 7 | |
| Dorchester | 3.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mormon Grove (historical) | 5.0 miles | 11 | |
| Farmington | 5.1 miles | 7 | |
| Howe | 6.6 miles | 12 | |
| Ethel | 6.7 miles | 12 | |
| Elmont | 7.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377743. 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.