BlockMcKinney Springs, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1903 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Alpine census division. The Survey maps it on the McKinney Springs quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1903 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000
- 1905 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:125000, 2 printings
- 1959 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1965 USGS Emory Peak quadrangle1:250000
- 1971 USGS McKinney Springs quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Chisos Mountains quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
11 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of McKinney Springs between 1993 and 2020, burning about 40 acres in total. 9 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 |
|---|---|
| Natural | 9 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 September 1995 | Natural | 16 acres | Big Bend National Park | ROY'S PEAK |
| 28 August 2009 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | BIG CLIFF |
| 28 July 2006 | Natural | 3.0 acres | Big Bend National Park | MCKINNEY |
| 20 July 1999 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | MCKINNEY |
| 12 July 1993 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | C. MUERTO |
| 11 July 1994 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Big Bend National Park | CLAUDIA |
| 10 July 2007 | Natural | under an acre | Big Bend National Park | TARGET BLUFF |
| 6 June 1996 | Natural | 1.5 acres | Big Bend National Park | SUE PEAKS |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panther Junction | 8.0 miles | 10 | |
| Basin Junction | 10.2 miles | 13 | |
| Stillwell Crossing | 13.7 miles | 9 | |
| Onion Spring | 13.7 miles | 11 | |
| Hot Springs | 14.9 miles | 10 | |
| Rio Grande Village | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Boquillas Crossing | 15.4 miles | 10 | |
| Glenn Springs (historical) | 16.1 miles | 12 |
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 Q122565179 | The 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 1378656. 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.