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Bannas Junction, Texas

19 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 76708. It stands on Keys Branch. The Survey maps it on the Waco West quadrangle.

Bannas Junction within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

436 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 436 fires within 5 miles of Bannas Junction between 2004 and 2020, burning about 873 acres in total. 2 started naturally. None was 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 burning294
Missing data/not specified/undetermined92
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Smoking13
Equipment and vehicle use11
Recreation and ceremony7
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Natural2

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2530031
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520018
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2510037
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2510003
6 September 2015Debris and open burning150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDFIRE-SPRING LAKE ROAD
5 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service18318
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2490003
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2730020

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Bannas Junction: 6 producers, 2 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Silica. 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
Grayson PitSilicaPast Producer
Universal Atlas Clay PitClayProducer
Universal Atlas Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waco Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bosqueville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Waco Sand and Gravel Co Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Young Brazos River DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working 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
Bosqueville0.4 miles19
Valley View3.3 miles18
Erath4.2 miles18
Speegleville4.5 miles19
Waco4.5 miles19
Bellmead4.6 miles18
Rock Creek5.1 miles18
Lacy-Lakeview5.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351485. 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.