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Atco, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76712. It stands on Middle Bosque River. The Survey maps it on the Lorena quadrangle.

Atco within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 printed sheets

Matched 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.

Fires near this place

209 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 209 fires within 5 miles of Atco between 2005 and 2020, burning about 796 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 2 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 burning118
Missing data/not specified/undetermined43
Equipment and vehicle use18
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution10
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2490037
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2480036
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-2470007
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY84
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2617 NEW WINDSOR PKWY
3 September 2013Fireworks1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLEVILLE FIRE
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2730050
25 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALL GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Atco: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Waco QuarryLimestone, General, ClayProducerSedimentary
Young PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

3 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Atco in 3 storm reports between 2008 and 2016: 1 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2016LightningAtco$1,000Lightning started a small fire at a home on Rancho Pacifico Road in Lorena.
May 2010Thunderstorm WindAtco-A trained spotter measured a 62 mph wind gust at the intersection of Spring Valley Rd and Old Lorena Rd west of the city of Hewitt.
December 2008HailAtco-Quarter-size hail was reported between Hewitt and McGregor.

Every storm recorded in McLennan County

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 PlaceDistance Sheets
Ritchie1.0 miles16
South Bosque2.3 miles16
Woodway2.8 miles19
Hewitt2.9 miles16
Jewell3.1 miles19
Speegleville5.3 miles19
Willow Grove5.5 miles19
Beverly Hills5.6 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379370. 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.

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.