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Jewell, 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 76712. The Survey maps it on the Waco West quadrangle.

Jewell 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

411 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 411 fires within 5 miles of Jewell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 761 acres in total. 1 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 burning286
Missing data/not specified/undetermined69
Power generation/transmission/distribution15
Equipment and vehicle use13
Smoking11
Recreation and ceremony10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1
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
9 September 2017Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520007
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
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2490003
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-2470007

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Jewell: 6 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Clay, Clay. 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
Universal Atlas Clay PitClayProducer
Waco QuarryLimestone, General, ClayProducerSedimentary
Luckett PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Universal Atlas Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Waco Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
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
Woodway0.5 miles19
Ritchie2.3 miles16
Beverly Hills2.6 miles19
Hewitt2.8 miles16
Atco3.1 miles16
Beverly3.3 miles19
Waco4.1 miles19
Speegleville4.7 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380003. 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.