BlockElmdale, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1890 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Abilene census division. It lies in ZIP code area 79602. The Survey maps it on the Abilene East quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 17 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.
- 1890 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000
- 1892 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Abilene East quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1957 USGS Kirby Lake quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Abilene quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
283 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 283 fires within 5 miles of Elmdale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 972 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 6 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 119 |
| Debris and open burning | 64 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 45 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 22 |
| Smoking | 12 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 9 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 6 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | YEOMANS |
| 8 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAILEY |
| 6 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLDHAM LN & JACKRABBIT TRL |
| 5 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 826 VISTA |
| 4 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 294 MILE MARKER, I-20 SOUTH ACCESS RD. |
| 30 September 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2019 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 826 GREEN VALLEY DR. |
| 3 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | COCKERELL |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378257. 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.