Elysian Fields, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Waskom census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75642. The Survey maps it on the De Berry quadrangle. It stands 341 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1943 USGS Waskom quadrangle1:62500
- 1945 USGS Waskom quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 5 printings
- 1962 USGS De Berry quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Tyler quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Henderson quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
184 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 184 fires within 5 miles of Elysian Fields between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,879 acres in total. 9 started naturally. 13 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 | 95 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 37 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 13 |
| Natural | 9 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| 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 2013 | Debris and open burning | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6304 |
| 8 September 1999 | Natural | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OLD WOODLEY ROAD COMMAND |
| 7 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRIBBLE COMMAND |
| 5 September 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 9 COMMAND |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 31 COMMAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
3 since 1994Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Elysian Fields in 3 storm reports in 1994: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| November 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian Fields | $50,000 | High winds blew a tree down onto a house. |
| January 1994 | Thunderstorm Wind | Elysian Fields | $500 | Tree limbs were blown down. Pea-size hail also occurred. |
| May 1994 | Hail | Elysian Fields | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stricklin Springs | 4.7 miles | 14 | |
| Crossroads | 6.2 miles | 14 | |
| Gill | 8.5 miles | 13 | |
| Jonesville | 9.7 miles | 16 | |
| Waskom | 10.0 miles | 16 | |
| Scottsville | 12.2 miles | 14 | |
| Darco | 13.7 miles | 14 | |
| Jasper Heights | 14.3 miles | 12 |
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 Elysian Fields | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5368564 | 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 1335420. 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.





