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Pendell, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1888 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Clifton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76689. It stands on Neils Creek. The Survey maps it on the Mosheim quadrangle.

Pendell within Bosque County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

105 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 105 fires within 5 miles of Pendell between 2005 and 2020, burning about 773 acres in total. 3 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 burning57
Missing data/not specified/undetermined21
Equipment and vehicle use15
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Natural3
Smoking1
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
9 September 2017Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUDY PAUL
6 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePOSTON
5 September 2015Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOYD TRUCK FIRE
21 September 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceUNKNOWN
13 September 2019Power generation/transmission/distribution10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBCSO
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined150 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEIL'S CREEK FIRE
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS CLIFTON
6 August 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBCSO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bosque County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Pendell: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, Dimension. 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
Clifton QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Clifton QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Valley MillsLimestone, DimensionUnknown

Every working recorded in Bosque 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
Clifton5.1 miles12
Valley Mills5.2 miles16
Cayote5.8 miles15
Crossroad Store6.7 miles12
Mosheim6.8 miles12
Rock Springs6.9 miles16
Norse7.5 miles13
Womack8.8 miles15

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 PendellAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q114414362The 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 1380899. 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.