BlockElmont, Texas
7 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Grayson census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75495. It stands on Squirrel Creek. 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
66 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Elmont between 2005 and 2017, burning about 866 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KNOB HILL FIRE |
| 20 September 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 10076006 |
| 19 August 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAJORS RD 1 |
| 13 August 2012 | Natural | 440 acres | National Forests And Grasslands In Texas | UNIT 21 |
| 9 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 75 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
2 since 2017Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmont in 2 storm reports between 2017 and 2020: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2020 | Hail | Elmont | $50,000 | A trained spotter reported golf-ball sized hail approximately 3 miles northwest of the city of Van Alstyne, TX. |
| March 2017 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmont | - | A public report indicated that trees were either snapped or uprooted near the intersection of FM 121 and Lovers Leap Lane. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Farmington | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Van Alstyne | 3.2 miles | 7 | |
| Gunter | 6.1 miles | 7 | |
| Howe | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Elm View | 7.2 miles | 7 | |
| Dorchester | 7.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cannon | 8.2 miles | 7 | |
| Sperry | 8.3 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380847. 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.