McLendon, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the South Rockwall census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75032. The Survey maps it on the Forney North quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 13 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.
- 1919 USGS Royse City quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000, 4 printings
- 1958 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Forney North quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Dallas quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1995 USGS Forney North quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
88 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 88 fires within 5 miles of McLendon between 2005 and 2018, burning about 742 acres in total. 2 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 40 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 24 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 7 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 6 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 September 2005 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 18 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARRINGTON |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOWELL |
| 15 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2011-0771 |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SANTA FE |
| 5 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 201-500 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| McLendon-Chisholm | 0.6 miles | 13 | |
| Chisholm | 1.1 miles | 10 | |
| Blackland | 4.3 miles | 11 | |
| Heath | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mobile City | 5.4 miles | 16 | |
| Glen Hill | 5.6 miles | 16 | |
| Munson | 6.0 miles | 11 | |
| Fate | 6.6 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1388190. 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.





