Eylau, Texas
21 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1909 and the latest in 2001. It stands in the Texarkana census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75501. The Survey maps it on the Texarkana quadrangle. It stands 322 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 21 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.
- 1909 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 5 printings
- 1953 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:24000, 6 printings
- 1954 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:250000
- 1986 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:100000
- 2001 USGS Texarkana quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
382 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 382 fires within 5 miles of Eylau between 1993 and 2019, burning about 1,703 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 23 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 | 246 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 74 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 23 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Other causes | 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 2019 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOWIE 12:32 |
| 9 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 9 September 1998 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 420 STIPP LANE |
| 8 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BUCHANAN RD/SMITH RD |
| 6 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 657 SUNRAY RD |
| 6 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LINDEN - 634 |
| 6 September 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 24 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Eylau: 9 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| S. W. A. Pits | Iron | Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit 1 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit 2 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Bruce Kennedy Pit and Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
Storms near this place
7 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Eylau in 7 storm reports between 2008 and 2023: 4 flash flood, 3 thunderstorm wind. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Eylau | $100,000 | Water flooded several homes in the Liberty Eyleau community. In addition, nearly 14 city streets were flooded in the community. |
| April 2008 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eylau | $50,000 | Large tree was downed on a mobile home on George Thomas Road in the Liberty Elyau community. Woman and child were rescued from the mobile home with no injuries reported. Trees were also downed across South State Line Road. |
| June 2023 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eylau | - | A tree was uprooted onto a home in the area of Redwood Drive and Maryland Drive in Liberty Eylau, with power lines and several more trees also downed across roads and onto other homes in this area. |
| May 2021 | Flash Flood | Eylau | - | On the Texas side of Texarkana, 7th Street was covered in high water along an extended stretch of the roadway. West 7th Street was closed at the Kansas City Southern underpass, the 40th Street and Potomac Street intersection, and Summerhill Road at Galleria Oaks. |
| May 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Eylau | - | A 70 mph wind gust was estimated at the intersection of Highway 59 and Kings Highway southwest of Texarkana. |
| December 2009 | Flash Flood | Eylau | - | Flooding was reported on US 59 and Gun Club Road southwest of Texarkana, Texas. |
| October 2009 | Flash Flood | Eylau | - | Macedonia Road between Hwy. 67 and Redwater Road was covered with four feet of water. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartman | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Wake Village | 3.3 miles | 21 | |
| South Texarkana | 4.2 miles | 21 | |
| Nash | 4.4 miles | 18 | |
| Red Springs | 4.5 miles | 18 | |
| Texarkana | 4.8 miles | 21 | |
| Hoot | 5.0 miles | 19 | |
| Sulphur | 5.6 miles | 19 |
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 Eylau | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5422905 | 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 1357139. 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.







