BlockElva, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1891 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waxahachie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75154. The Survey maps it on the Lancaster quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 19 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.
- 1891 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000
- 1893 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1959 USGS Lancaster quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
64 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Elva between 2005 and 2018, burning about 255 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 29 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 128 E. OVILLA RD |
| 7 August 2018 | Equipment and vehicle use | 109 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OVILLA ROAD |
| 1 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAIN ST. FIRE |
| 6 July 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 900 FM 664 |
| 5 July 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RING RD |
| 25 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RING ROAD |
| 22 July 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1500 FM 664-2 |
| 1 July 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1308385 |
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 1378258. 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.