Elmwood, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Frankston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75803. The Survey maps it on the Wilkerson Mountain quadrangle. It stands 620 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1949 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:62500, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Wilkerson Mountain quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
231 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 231 fires within 5 miles of Elmwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 6,387 acres in total. 22 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 | 123 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 43 |
| Natural | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 12 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Fireworks | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEW CHAPEL REKINDLE |
| 7 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 210 |
| 5 September 1993 | Smoking | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3,700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NEW CHAPEL FIRE |
| 4 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POVERTY HILL |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 210 |
| 30 September 2000 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENDERSON - 584 |
| 30 September 1996 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Elmwood: 2 occurrences. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brushy Creek Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Calcite, Celestite, Halite | |
| Concord Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1942 |
Storms near this place
11 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elmwood in 11 storm reports between 2008 and 2025: 6 hail, 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2025 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | $10,000 | Roof damage was reported in the Elmwood area near ACR 445. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Elmwood | $4,000 | Hail up to the size of golf balls was reported along FM 837 east of FM 315. The hail covered the ground causing ground fog and slick driving conditions on the roadway. |
| July 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | $3,000 | Trees were down on FM 315 and FM 321. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | $1,000 | Emergency management reported that trees and power lines were blown down near the intersection of County Road 444 and FM 315. |
| April 2020 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elmwood | - | Trees down near the intersection of FM 321 and FM 315 in the Elmwood area, just north of Palestine. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Elmwood | - | A trained spotter reported golf ball size hail approximately 5 miles west of the city of Neches, TX. |
| January 2011 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Penny size hail fell at the intersection of Farm-to-Market Road 315 and County Road 441 about 10 miles north of Palestine. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Quarter size hail fell on Anderson County Road 441, west of FM 315. |
| February 2009 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Nickel size hail fell at the Elmwood Fire Station. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Elmwood | - | Mound Prairie Creek at SH 155 was out of its banks and flooding nearby pastures. |
| March 2008 | Hail | Elmwood | - | Quarter-size hail was reported in Elmtown. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elmtown | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| Brushy Creek | 2.8 miles | 13 | |
| Pert | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Mound Prairie | 4.8 miles | 13 | |
| Montalba | 6.2 miles | 13 | |
| Fosterville | 6.3 miles | 15 | |
| Bois d'Arc | 7.0 miles | 12 | |
| Neches | 8.0 miles | 11 |
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 Elmwood | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q22076473 | 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 1379720. 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.






