Flock & ALPR Cameras in Elm Creek, Texas
Volunteers have reported 4 automated license plate readers in and around Elm Creek — cameras that log every passing plate with a time and location.
Jurisdiction · by recorded street address
The 4 cameras counted on this page are every reader mapped within about 20 kilometres of Elm Creek, so the count crosses municipal lines. By the street address recorded for each one, 0 of them sit inside Elm Creek itself.
The rest sit in Eagle Pass (2).
2 of them name an operator in the record: Customs and Border Protection (1), Drug Enforcement Administration (1). The operator is who runs the camera, which is not always the local government.
2 cameras have no municipality recorded yet.
Source: community-mapped camera data (OpenStreetMap, ODbL), with addresses resolved by Nominatim.
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No new reports near Elm Creek in the last 30 days — checked hourly, last checked Oct 7, 18:01 UTC. Cameras only get on the map when someone looks: be the one.
Where the cameras are in Elm Creek
The readers mapped around Elm Creek break down as 2 of unrecorded make, 2 Flock Safety. Named operators in the reports: Customs and Border Protection, Drug Enforcement Administration. The first camera here was reported in Jan 2026; the most recent in Aug 2026.
- US Highway 57 — 2 readers
- TX 131 — 1 reader
- US 277 — 1 reader
Elm Creek in the Maverick County picture
Maverick County has 13 reported cameras county-wide and ranks #1,283 of 3,222 U.S. counties for cameras per resident. That’s across 57,770 residents and 3,176 road miles. By road density that is 0.00 cameras per road mile, in the top 65.2% of counties nationally.
Where contributors recorded what a camera watches, the split here is 4 traffic. Operators named on the record: Customs and Border Protection (1), Drug Enforcement Administration (1).
What’s watching Elm Creek
These aren’t red-light cameras. Automated license plate readers like Flock Safety’s photograph every plate that passes, log the time and place, and store it in a searchable database that’s often shared far beyond Elm Creek — here’s where that data goes. Counts cover cameras reported closest to Elm Creek (within ~20 km), so nearby towns share the same corridors. Spot one that’s missing? Report it on DeFlock.
What you can do in Elm Creek
Ask who approved these cameras, how long plate data is kept, and who it’s shared with. File a public records request, raise it at a council meeting, and see the full playbook on Take Action. Fighting this locally? Join or start a chapter and we’ll amplify you.
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Cameras near Elm Creek
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Camera reports: the open-source DeFlock project. Place data: GeoNames (CC BY).