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Neale, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Mart census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76682. It stands on Tehuacana Creek. The Survey maps it on the Waco East quadrangle.

Neale within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 18 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

115 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Neale between 2005 and 2020, burning about 928 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 1 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 burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined36
Equipment and vehicle use13
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Smoking3
Natural2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
8 September 2018Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServicePOWERLINE
4 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS 4TH
30 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
28 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
27 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
26 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMCCRAY FIRE
25 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2680028
24 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2680004

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan 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 Neale: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Pendley PitSilicaProducer
Burt Plant & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and B No 1Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
H and B No 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Neeley Sand and Gravel PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in McLennan 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
Harrison1.3 miles8
Wardlaw2.7 miles18
Oaklake3.5 miles18
Vemo3.7 miles18
Hallsburg3.8 miles8
Lake Creek4.0 miles8
East Waco4.5 miles18
Downsville5.2 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380235. 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.