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Winningkoff, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1924 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Plano census division. It lies in ZIP code area 75002. It stands on Wilson Creek. The Survey maps it on the Wylie quadrangle. It stands 561 feet above sea level.

Winningkoff within Collin County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

147 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 147 fires within 5 miles of Winningkoff between 2005 and 2016, burning about 267 acres in total. 3 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 burning70
Missing data/not specified/undetermined37
Recreation and ceremony16
Equipment and vehicle use15
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism2
Smoking1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 September 2014Recreation and ceremonyunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-365
8 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePARKER RD
6 September 2014Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service14-362
4 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13-0258
30 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-389
25 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service15-350
22 September 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service13-0281

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Collin 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 Winningkoff: 3 past producers. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
UnknownStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer

Every working recorded in Collin 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
Trinity Park2.0 miles12
Lucas2.0 miles12
Forest Grove2.5 miles12
Branch2.6 miles12
Seis Lagos2.8 miles12
Lowry Crossing3.1 miles11
Culleoka4.0 miles10
Clear Lake4.3 miles11

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 WinningkoffAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q22076617The 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 1379286. 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.