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Ritchie, Texas

16 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 76712. The Survey maps it on the Lorena quadrangle.

Ritchie within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 16 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

248 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 248 fires within 5 miles of Ritchie between 2005 and 2020, burning about 891 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning164
Missing data/not specified/undetermined44
Equipment and vehicle use14
Smoking10
Power generation/transmission/distribution7
Recreation and ceremony4
Arson/incendiarism2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2019Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2490037
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2480036
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-2470007
3 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined24 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2617 NEW WINDSOR PKWY
3 September 2013Fireworks1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLEVILLE FIRE
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2730050
25 September 2018Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMALL GRASS FIRE
22 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2650018

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in McLennan County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ritchie: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Waco QuarryLimestone, General, ClayProducerSedimentary
Young 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
Atco1.0 miles16
Hewitt2.0 miles16
Woodway2.2 miles19
Jewell2.3 miles19
South Bosque3.3 miles16
Beverly Hills4.8 miles19
Speegleville5.5 miles19
Beverly5.5 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380442. 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.