BlockMcDonald, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1905 and the latest in 1991. It stands in the Bowie census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76230. The Survey maps it on the Bowie quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1905 USGS Montague quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1954 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Sherman quadrangle1:250000
- 1961 USGS Bowie quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
- 1991 USGS Gainesville quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
88 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of McDonald between 2005 and 2020, burning about 3,509 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 46 |
| Debris and open burning | 21 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 11 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Smoking | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLK POWERLINE |
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | THREE DAUGHTERS GRASS |
| 8 September 2011 | Smoking | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WATKINS GRASS |
| 3 September 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ARP |
| 3 September 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PINK WILSON RR GRASS |
| 11 September 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | OAK ST |
| 11 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | WILLIAMS BUSH FIRE |
| 7 August 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | POLK |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of McDonald: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sadler Sand and Gravel Co Pit-Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380167. 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.