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McNeil, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1896 and the latest in 1987. It stands in the Austin census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78727. It lies near Martin Hill. The Survey maps it on the Pflugerville West quadrangle. It stands 830 feet above sea level.

McNeil within Travis County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

85 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of McNeil between 2005 and 2016, burning about 575 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined49
Smoking14
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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
4 September 2006Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined6.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSH 130 AT FM 971
31 August 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service1498 N IH 35
3 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCNEIL COMMAND
28 August 2006Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Travis County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of McNeil: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Calcium, Limestone, General, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Dedear QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducerLimestone
Texas Ind Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Unnamed QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dedear QuarryCalciumProducer
Mc Neil Plant & QuarryCalciumProducer

Every working recorded in Travis 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
Merrelltown1.4 miles17
Kings Village2.0 miles17
Wells Branch2.2 miles17
Waters Park2.5 miles17
Idyle Hour Acres3.0 miles17
Three Points3.1 miles17
Windemere3.8 miles17
Coxville4.2 miles17

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.

Wikipedia article on McNeilAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6802516The 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 1362533. 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.