BlockNorth Elm, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1885 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Buckholts census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76518. It lies near Dry Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Yarrelton quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 14 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.
- 1885 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1887 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Austin quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1963 USGS Yarrelton quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Taylor quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
42 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of North Elm between 2006 and 2018, burning about 406 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 10 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HAY FIRE |
| 14 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 14 August 2013 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 1 August 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 8 July 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N. HWY 77 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
1 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names North Elm in 1 storm report in 2000: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| March 2000 | Thunderstorm Wind | North Elm | $3,000 | High winds blew down trees and did damage to farm buildings and equipment along a line oriented southwest to northeast for a half mile. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yarrelton | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Marak | 2.4 miles | 14 | |
| Splawn | 3.4 miles | 7 | |
| Ben Arnold | 3.9 miles | 7 | |
| South Elm | 4.5 miles | 14 | |
| Quinif | 5.3 miles | 7 | |
| Silver City | 5.4 miles | 7 | |
| Buckholts | 5.8 miles | 14 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122547704 | 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 1380262. 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.