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Beverly, 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 76711. The Survey maps it on the Waco West quadrangle. It stands 499 feet above sea level.

Beverly 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

644 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 644 fires within 5 miles of Beverly between 2001 and 2020, burning about 866 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning465
Missing data/not specified/undetermined113
Power generation/transmission/distribution21
Equipment and vehicle use14
Recreation and ceremony11
Smoking11
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism1

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 burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520007
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520018
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2510033
7 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2500034
7 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2510003
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2490037
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2480036

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Beverly: 8 producers, 1 past producer. 8 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
Pendley PitSilicaProducer
Universal Atlas Clay PitClayProducer
Universal Atlas Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waco Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
H and B No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and B No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Luckett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Neeley Sand and Gravel PitSand 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
Beverly Hills0.7 miles19
Waco1.7 miles19
East Waco3.2 miles18
Jewell3.3 miles19
Vemo3.5 miles18
Woodway3.6 miles19
Robinson4.2 miles15
Wardlaw4.4 miles18

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 Q34689758The 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 1377182. 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.