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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.

McLendon within Rockwall County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

88 since 2005

Regional 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 burning40
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Equipment and vehicle use7
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking5
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
28 September 2005Natural2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCARRINGTON
16 September 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOWELL
15 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2011-0771
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSANTA FE
5 August 2012Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service201-500

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Rockwall 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
McLendon-Chisholm0.6 miles13
Chisholm1.1 miles10
Blackland4.3 miles11
Heath4.6 miles13
Mobile City5.4 miles16
Glen Hill5.6 miles16
Munson6.0 miles11
Fate6.6 miles16

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.