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Northcrest, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Waco census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76705. The Survey maps it on the Elm Mott quadrangle.

Northcrest 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

442 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 442 fires within 5 miles of Northcrest between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,063 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning314
Missing data/not specified/undetermined98
Equipment and vehicle use8
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Arson/incendiarism4
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Recreation and ceremony3
Smoking2
Other causes1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
9 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2530031
9 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2520018
8 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2510037
8 September 2015Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-2510008
7 September 2012Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE-OLD DALLAS RD
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGF158
6 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASSFIRE-FROSTDALE DRIVE
6 September 2015Debris and open burning150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDFIRE-SPRING LAKE ROAD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Northcrest in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2026: 7 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2026HailNorthcrest$50,000Report of 2.5 inch hail from mPING.
May 2020HailNorthcrest$20,000Golf ball size hail was reported by a trained spotter on I-35 near Lacy Lakeview.
April 2011HailNorthcrest$20,000Baseball size hail was reported near the Chalk Bluff Community.
April 2011HailNorthcrest$4,000Golfball size hail fell at mile marker 342 along Interstate 35.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthcrest$2,000Some trees were blown down near Elm Mott.
April 2026HailNorthcrest-Report of 1 inch hail from mPING.
May 2017HailNorthcrest-A social media report indicated quarter-sized hail near the city of Lacey-Lakeview, TX.
April 2014HailNorthcrest-The McLennan County Emergency Manager reported quarter sized hail in Waco.
September 2009Flash FloodNorthcrest-Roads were closed in the Spring Lake area due to water over the roads.
July 2008Thunderstorm WindNorthcrest-An officer reported 60 MPH winds.

Every storm 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
Lacy-Lakeview0.5 miles18
Ocaw1.5 miles18
Elm Mott2.4 miles18
Bellmead3.0 miles18
Bosqueville5.4 miles19
East Waco5.5 miles18
Bannas Junction5.5 miles19
Ross5.7 miles18

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 NorthcrestAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7057783The 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 1388557. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.