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Elwood, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1956 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Wills Point census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75169. The Survey maps it on the Edgewood quadrangle.

Elwood within Van Zandt County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 12 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

180 since 1998

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 180 fires within 5 miles of Elwood between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,375 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 burning88
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Equipment and vehicle use10
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Natural1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2013Railroad operations and maintenance25 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNKNOWN
5 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNORTHTOWN
4 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4809 VZCR 3502
4 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined300 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 470
30 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined12 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFM47 &VZCR 3528
29 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEN COMMERCE ST
27 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-266
26 September 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-264

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Van Zandt 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
Clifton3.5 miles14
Wills Point3.7 miles10
Edgewood4.4 miles12
Small5.2 miles11
Alsa7.1 miles12
Fruitvale8.6 miles11
Myrtle Springs8.9 miles13
Scott10.6 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378259. 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.