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Speegleville, Texas

19 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. It stands on Davis Branch. The Survey maps it on the Speegleville quadrangle.

Speegleville within McLennan County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

301 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 301 fires within 5 miles of Speegleville between 2001 and 2020, burning about 954 acres in total. 2 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 burning156
Missing data/not specified/undetermined87
Equipment and vehicle use15
Smoking14
Power generation/transmission/distribution14
Recreation and ceremony6
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Natural2
Arson/incendiarism2
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
7 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service297 WESTERN DR.
5 September 2019Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2480036
5 September 2016Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service16-2490003
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-2470007
30 September 2017Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service17-2730020
3 September 2013Fireworks1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLEVILLE FIRE
3 September 2011Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAIRPORT
29 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2730050

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 Speegleville: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Silica, 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
Bosqueville Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Grayson PitSilicaPast Producer

Every working recorded in McLennan County

Storms near this place

6 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Speegleville in 6 storm reports between 1994 and 2023: 4 hail, 1 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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
May 2007Flash FloodSpeegleville$10,000Two high water rescues required. Bowie Road was flooded and barricaded in Mart.
May 2016Thunderstorm WindSpeegleville$3,000Some trees were knocked down onto houses in Speegleville.
March 2023HailSpeegleville-A public report indicated one inch diameter hail about 5 miles west of Waco.
April 2012HailSpeegleville-Penny sized hail was reported west of Woodway on the bridge crossing Lake Waco.
March 2003HailSpeegleville-Window broken in van.
October 1994HailSpeegleville-no account filed

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
Willow Grove2.3 miles19
Woodway4.3 miles19
Bannas Junction4.5 miles19
Jewell4.7 miles19
Bosqueville4.8 miles19
Eichelberger Crossing5.1 miles19
Valley View5.2 miles18
Atco5.3 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380581. 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.