BlockElmgrove, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1931 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Bolivar Peninsula census division. It lies near Goat Island. The Survey maps it on the Flake quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1931 USGS Flake quadrangle1:24000
- 1933 USGS Flake quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Flake quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Flake quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Flake quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Galveston quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Flake quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
3 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 3 fires within 5 miles of Elmgrove between 2008 and 2012, burning about 200 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 May 2010 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILDLAND FIRE |
| 17 March 2008 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 November 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BISCAYNE |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patton Woods | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Stingaree | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Crystal Beach | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Bolivar Beach | 2.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bolivar Peninsula | 5.1 miles | 14 | |
| Port Bolivar | 7.4 miles | 15 | |
| Fort Travis | 8.2 miles | 14 | |
| Caplen | 8.4 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1381106. 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.