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Highland, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Crawford census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76638. The Survey maps it on the Speegleville quadrangle.

Highland 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

183 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 183 fires within 5 miles of Highland between 2001 and 2020, burning about 851 acres in total. 4 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 burning69
Missing data/not specified/undetermined57
Equipment and vehicle use23
Power generation/transmission/distribution12
Smoking11
Natural4
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism2

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
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service297 WESTERN DR.
6 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY84
3 September 2015Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEW WINDSOR PARKWAY SPEEGLEVILLE
3 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLVILLE COMMAND
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2960 SPEEGLE RD
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR ROCK PKWY & STAR DUST
26 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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 Highland: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Tonk QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Young PitSand 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
Windsor1.0 miles19
Ocee1.5 miles19
Willow Grove3.1 miles19
Crawford4.8 miles16
South Bosque5.0 miles16
Speegleville5.5 miles19
Eichelberger Crossing6.1 miles19
Caldwell Crossing6.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379930. 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.