BlockOld 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. It stands on Black Oak Branch. The Survey maps it on the Elwood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Elwood quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Crockett quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
22 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Old Elwood between 1996 and 2020, burning about 990 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 burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAMPION RANCH |
| 26 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 158 |
| 18 September 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4039 |
| 18 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE # 26 |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 3060 |
| 1 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 33 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MADISON 19:25 |
| 2 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 75 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE #19 |
| 20 July 2006 | Natural | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 160 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elwood | 1.5 miles | 10 | |
| Dingerville | 2.3 miles | 10 | |
| Midway | 4.2 miles | 10 | |
| Antioch | 4.9 miles | 11 | |
| Cross Roads | 6.5 miles | 9 | |
| Jenkins | 7.3 miles | 10 | |
| Connor | 7.4 miles | 10 | |
| Madisonville | 10.2 miles | 11 |
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 Q122556411 | 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 1380295. 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.