BlockSaint Elmo, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Fairfield census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75859. The Survey maps it on the Winkler quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 9 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.
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Winkler quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1985 USGS Mexia quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
137 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Saint Elmo between 2000 and 2020, burning about 753 acres in total. 3 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 burning | 74 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Smoking | 10 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2014 | Natural | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 14-11982 |
| 5 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1509004 WINKLER CREEK |
| 5 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1308002 6111 FM416 |
| 28 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1609012 KATHY FIRE |
| 27 September 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1209008 SOUTHERN OAKS DR |
| 27 September 2004 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 September 2005 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2016 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1609009 CROSSROADS |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winkler | 1.4 miles | 9 | |
| Bonnerville | 6.7 miles | 7 | |
| Stewards Mill | 8.0 miles | 7 | |
| Young | 8.5 miles | 8 | |
| Streetman | 8.7 miles | 9 | |
| Rhode Island | 8.8 miles | 7 | |
| Ward Prairie | 12.3 miles | 7 | |
| Kirvin | 14.2 miles | 7 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379002. 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.