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McKinleyville, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 2004. It stands in the Kennard-Ratcliff census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75847. It stands on Kilgore Branch. The Survey maps it on the Kennard NE quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

McKinleyville within Houston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

160 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 160 fires within 5 miles of McKinleyville (historical) between 1992 and 2020, burning about 1,001 acres in total. 8 started naturally. 21 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 burning73
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Arson/incendiarism21
Equipment and vehicle use10
Natural8
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 1995Natural138 acresNational Forests And Grasslands In TexasWALNUT CREEK
8 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePORTFIELD TIMBER 2
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKOA CAMP GROUND
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTANLEY GRESHAM
7 September 2012Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHENDERSON - 7124
28 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDIALVILLE WOODS FIRE
25 September 2000Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 425
24 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILL CROMER

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Houston 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
Plain1.0 miles12
Mount Vernon3.7 miles12
Tadmor4.7 miles11
Ratcliff5.3 miles11
Bluff City (historical)6.0 miles12
Burrantown6.1 miles11
Creath6.7 miles11
Allen Chapel6.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377444. 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.