Pendleton, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1892 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the East Bell census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76579. The Survey maps it on the Troy quadrangle. 845 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 807 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1892 USGS Temple quadrangle1:125000, 6 printings
- 1931 USGS Belton quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Waco quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Troy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Temple quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
54 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Pendleton between 2002 and 2020, burning about 847 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 9 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BERGER RD FIRE |
| 20 September 2006 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 August 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL POINTE |
| 4 July 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 439 GRASS FIRE |
| 4 July 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 317 @ FRANKLIN |
| 22 July 2009 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 317 @ COMMUNITY CENTER |
| 16 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LITTLE MEXICO |
| 7 June 2002 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTRAL TX - 26 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Pendleton: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tex-Rock | Silica | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Pendleton in 8 storm reports between 1998 and 2024: 3 hail, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 2021 | Hail | Pendleton | $100,000 | no account filed |
| May 2021 | Tornado (EF0) | Pendleton | $50,000 | Several homes sustained minor damage from a brief tornado along Willow Grove Road between Moody Road and Franklin Road. Some outbuildings and chicken coops were damaged or destroyed. A resident video recorded the tornado for part of its path. Maximum winds were around 75 mph. |
| July 1998 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | $15,000 | Two barns were blown down from thunderstorm winds. |
| March 2016 | Thunderstorm Wind | Pendleton | $7,000 | A trained spotter reported damage to a barn, and awning, a mobile home and trees. |
| September 2023 | Hail | Pendleton | - | Reported via mPing. |
| October 2015 | Flash Flood | Pendleton | - | About 10-12 roads remained closed due to flooding in the Temple, Belton, Nolanville, and Harker Heights areas. |
| August 2001 | Flash Flood | Pendleton | - | F.M. 1237 between Pendelton and S.H. 317 was under water. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Pendleton | - | no account filed |
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.
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 Pendleton | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q7162458 | The 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 1365035. 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.
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.





