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Elwood, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Midway census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75852. The Survey maps it on the Elwood quadrangle.

Elwood within Madison County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

22 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Elwood between 1996 and 2020, burning about 844 acres in total. 2 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 burning10
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use4
Natural2
Smoking1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
5 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCHAMPION RANCH
4 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 840
3 September 2000Natural7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 376
26 September 2002Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 158
18 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4039
18 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE # 26
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM 3060
1 September 2020Debris and open burning33 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMADISON 19:25

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Madison County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Old Elwood1.5 miles10
Dingerville1.5 miles10
Midway4.6 miles10
Cross Roads5.6 miles9
Jenkins6.0 miles10
Antioch6.1 miles11
Connor6.5 miles10
Madisonville8.8 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379723. 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.