Elmo, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Terrell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75161. The Survey maps it on the Elmo quadrangle. 803 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 512 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresElmo grew from 768 to 803 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 768 | |
| 2020 | 803 | +35 (+5%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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 Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Elmo quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
165 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 165 fires within 5 miles of Elmo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 880 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 burning | 88 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 32 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Smoking | 17 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JUAN |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 353 |
| 5 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 316A |
| 4 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TULLY |
| 2 September 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | VINCENT |
| 2 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000262 |
| 13 September 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LAZEY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Elmo: 2 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Malone Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Tull Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
12 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmo in 12 storm reports between 1995 and 2009: 5 thunderstorm wind, 4 hail, 3 flash flood. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2007 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmo | $100,000 | Numerous large trees were uprooted, and large limbs pulled down power lines. Several business signs in town were knocked over and the ceiling of a drive-thru bank was damaged. The damage to the ceiling was estimated at $15,000. Falling trees damaged houses and vehicles, and windows were blown out of one business. |
| July 1997 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmo | $15,000 | Strong winds resulted in roof damage and blew down trees. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmo | $2,000 | Trees that were a foot in diameter were down on FM 2728 3 miles south of Elmo. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmo | $1,000 | Twelve inch tall trees were down on FM 2728, 3 miles south of Elmo. |
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmo | $500 | A centuries old tree was knocked over at the College Mound Cemetery. |
| May 1999 | Flash Flood | Elmo | - | Thunderstorms caused water to cover the road at Interstate 20 and College Mound. |
| January 1998 | Flash Flood | Elmo | - | Farm-to-Market Road 2727 was flooded at the intersection of Highway 429. |
| October 1998 | Flash Flood | Elmo | - | High water was reported on Highway 80. |
| May 2003 | Hail | Elmo | - | no account filed |
| July 2003 | Hail | Elmo | - | no account filed |
| May 1999 | Hail | Elmo | - | no account filed |
| April 1995 | Hail | Elmo | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frog | 1.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cobb | 3.5 miles | 10 | |
| College Mound | 3.6 miles | 10 | |
| Cedar Grove | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Terrell | 5.9 miles | 10 | |
| Hiram | 6.2 miles | 10 | |
| Abner | 6.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ables Springs | 6.8 miles | 12 |
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 Elmo | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982537 | The 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 1335410. 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.
Mines and quarries. USGS Mineral Resources Data System (MRDS) https://mrdata.usgs.gov/mrds/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105.
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.



