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Willow Grove, 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. The Survey maps it on the Speegleville quadrangle.

Willow Grove 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

212 since 2001

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 212 fires within 5 miles of Willow Grove between 2001 and 2020, burning about 966 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 burning83
Missing data/not specified/undetermined74
Equipment and vehicle use19
Smoking13
Power generation/transmission/distribution11
Recreation and ceremony4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
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.
4 September 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-2470007
3 September 2015Debris and open burning26 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLVILLE COMMAND
3 September 2013Fireworks1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSPEEGLEVILLE FIRE
26 September 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2960 SPEEGLE RD
26 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEDAR ROCK PKWY & STAR DUST
25 September 2014Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service311 FAIRHEAVEN
25 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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 Willow Grove: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Grayson PitSilicaPast Producer
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
Speegleville2.3 miles19
Windsor3.1 miles19
Highland3.1 miles19
Ocee3.2 miles19
Eichelberger Crossing4.6 miles19
South Bosque4.7 miles16
Caldwell Crossing5.5 miles19
Atco5.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1371652. 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.