Salmon, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1952 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Elkhart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75839. The Survey maps it on the Percilla quadrangle. It stands 509 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 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.
- 1952 USGS Slocum quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1957 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000
- 1981 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:100000
- 1982 USGS Percilla quadrangle1:24000
- 1984 USGS Palestine quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
158 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 158 fires within 5 miles of Salmon between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,294 acres in total. 11 started naturally. 3 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 | 85 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 16 |
| Natural | 11 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 7 |
| Smoking | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CHAPMAN |
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ELK90086 |
| 30 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HENEKE |
| 3 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PRASATIK |
| 3 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1817 GRASS FIRE |
| 3 September 1998 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DUDDLESTEN |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Salmon in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2019: 3 thunderstorm wind, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salmon | $25,000 | A home on HWY 287 south of Elkhart and about 10 miles north of Grapeland had its front porch ripped off and half of its roof torn off. The roof was laying about a 100 yards from the house. Water damage occurred inside the house as a result. |
| January 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salmon | $2,000 | Emergency management reported two storage buildings blown down near the intersection of CR 181 and CR 179. Trees were also blown down in the same location. |
| April 2019 | Thunderstorm Wind | Salmon | - | Emergency management reported a large tree down near the intersection of County Road 184 and Highway 287 in the city of Elkhart, TX. |
| April 2019 | Hail | Salmon | - | A public report indicated quarter-size hail approximately 5 miles southeast of the city of Elkhart, TX. |
| November 2010 | Hail | Salmon | - | Quarter size hail was reported 4 miles south of Elkhart on HWY 287. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slocum | 4.5 miles | 11 | |
| Mound City | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Elkhart | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Alderbranch | 8.3 miles | 11 | |
| Cronin | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Crystal Lake | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Deanwright | 11.5 miles | 10 | |
| Lakeview Assembly | 11.6 miles | 10 |
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 Salmon | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q28030582 | 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 1367369. 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.





