BlockSanta Elena Crossing, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands on Blue Creek. The Survey maps it on the Castolon OE S quadrangle.
On record in Santa Elena Crossing
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Castolon Historic Districtlisted 1974 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 13 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.
- 1903 USGS Terlingua quadrangle1:125000
- 1904 USGS Terlingua quadrangle1:125000, 5 printings
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
15 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 15 fires within 5 miles of Santa Elena Crossing between 1998 and 2020, burning about 1,226 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
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 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Big Bend National Park | BUENOSAIR2 |
| 22 July 2001 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.6 acres | Big Bend National Park | BUENOSAIR1 |
| 8 June 2012 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | AVINO HOUSE |
| 8 June 1999 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Big Bend National Park | BUENOSAIRE |
| 3 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | SMUGGLERS |
| 26 May 2016 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | TUFF |
| 22 May 2019 | Arson/incendiarism | 944 acres | Big Bend National Park | CASTOLON |
| 21 May 2010 | Natural | 122 acres | Big Bend National Park | SUBLETT |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Santa Elena Crossing: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Fluorine-Fluorite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicente Sierra San | Fluorine-Fluorite | Occurrence |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Castolon | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Buenos Aires | 3.8 miles | 11 | |
| Lunas | 6.5 miles | 15 | |
| Terlingua Abaja | 6.6 miles | 15 | |
| Sierra Chino | 8.1 miles | 11 | |
| Study Butte | 13.6 miles | 16 | |
| Woodsons | 14.5 miles | 11 | |
| Terlingua | 14.6 miles | 16 |
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 Q122558995 | 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 1380915. 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.