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East Waco, Texas

18 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 76704. It stands on Marlin Branch. The Survey maps it on the Waco East quadrangle.

East Waco within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

564 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 564 fires within 5 miles of East Waco between 2001 and 2020, burning about 873 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 burning400
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Power generation/transmission/distribution22
Smoking10
Recreation and ceremony10
Equipment and vehicle use8
Misuse of fire by a minor4
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
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERLINE
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
4 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS 4TH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of East Waco: 9 producers, 1 past producer. 9 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
Burt Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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

Storms near this place

11 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names East Waco in 11 storm reports between 2009 and 2025: 4 hail, 3 thunderstorm wind, 3 flash flood, 1 heavy rain. 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
June 2014Thunderstorm WindEast Waco$100,000Strong thunderstorm winds damaged the 18-foot tall, 5,900-pound statue on top of the McLennan County Courthouse. The statue of Themis lost her left arm. The arm was made of lightweight metal.
April 2023HailEast Waco$60,000Golf ball sized hail was reported on the Baylor Campus.
February 2009Thunderstorm WindEast Waco$10,000A roof was blown off a restaurant near Baylor University.
April 2009Heavy RainEast Waco$7,000A car driver hydroplanned and flipped at Forrest Street and Interstate 35 in Waco. The driver sustained minor injuries.
October 2014HailEast Waco$5,000Golf ball sized hail was reported just east of Baylor University.
April 2010Thunderstorm WindEast Waco$2,000A 55 MPH wind gust was estimated at the Baylor Discovery Center on University Parks Drive.
November 2011HailEast Waco$500Dime sized hail covered the ground at the Baylor University campus.
May 2025HailEast Waco-Emergency manager reported nickel sized hail at the Waco EOC.
May 2024Flash FloodEast Waco-Report from mPING: Street/road flooding; Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded.
May 2024Flash FloodEast Waco-Broadcast media reported multiple flooded roads throughout Waco.
May 2024Flash FloodEast Waco-Emergency management reported multiple closed roads due to high water near and west of I-35 in Waco, TX.

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
Vemo0.8 miles18
Wardlaw1.9 miles18
Bellmead2.6 miles18
Waco2.7 miles19
Beverly3.2 miles19
Beverly Hills3.9 miles19
Neale4.5 miles18
Oaklake4.6 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 Q122595516The 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 1356728. 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.