BlockFrom the record
One of 23 National Register listings published here for Hidalgo County · listed in 2007 · category: District.
Sources: the case file at the National Archives · the National Register database, National Park Service
McAllen Ranch
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2007.
The listing
- Address. FM 1017, 13 mi. W of TX 281, Linn, 78563
- When was it listed? April 2007
- Category. district
- Census division. Puerto Rico-San Manuel
- National Register reference number. 07000337 - the number the National Park Service assigned this property when it was listed, and the key its nomination file is catalogued under at the National Archives.
Fires near this property
2 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of McAllen Ranch between 2006 and 2013, burning about 800 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 24 March 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE. |
| 8 January 2006 | Smoking | 800 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | ISIDRO |
Storms near this property
4 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Linn, the town this property stands in, in 4 storm reports between 2012 and 2021: 2 thunderstorm wind, 1 heavy rain, 1 flash flood. The reports record 1 injury. 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 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | 1 hurt, $50,000 | A semi trailer was blown over on US 281, 6 miles north of TX HWY 186. Driver of semi was injured. Driver stated that he had pulled onto the shoulder due to blinding rain and pelting hail and soon after, the downburst moved the trailer onto the dirt shoulder and then turned over. The trailer was carrying 5 tons of cargo (vacuum cleaners) and at least 200 gallons of diesel, which had to be removed from the scene.||The Precinct Constable, who lives about a mile southwest of the trailer incident, reported numerous asphalt shingles pulled from the northwest facing roof, and one window was blown out. Numerous mesquite trees were snapped or had large healthy limbs broken and healthy ebony and oak trees were also damaged on the ranch. Heavy cable was torn out of a telephone tower (0.2 miles SE of the ranch house) at an estimated height of 200 feet above the ground.||A peak instantaneous wind gust of 102 mph was recorded at a 10 meter temporary wind platform as the microburst surged through. The same platform recorded 35 minutes of wind gusts to 50 mph or higher; the platform was less than one half mile from the Constable's house. |
| May 2015 | Flash Flood | Linn | $2,000,000 | Hidalgo County EM reported flash flooding along and near FM 1017 and extending southeast to north and east of Edinburg, including Faysville, Monte Alto, and Linn-San Manuel. Water Along and near Farm to Market Road 1017 and extending southeast to areas north and east of Edinburg, including Faysville and Monte Alto. Roadways were covered in high water, which resulted in water entering the fire station in San Manuel and numerous water rescues. Hidalgo County EM reported that water entered the fire station in San Manuel. |
| May 2021 | Thunderstorm Wind | Linn | $10,000 | Social media report of a damaged carport and a barn roof torn off in the Linn area. Time was estimated via radar. |
| May 2012 | Heavy Rain | Linn | - | The Hidalgo County Precinct #4 Constable recorded 4 to 4.5 inches of rainfall across his ranch to the northwest of U.S. Highway 281, approximately 6 miles north of Linn. High standing water of unknown depth was reported on unpaved roads and in some of the fields. |
Map coverage status
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Sources for this property
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 07000337 in Record Group 79. |
| Hidalgo County | All 23 listed properties in this county. |
Provenance
- Listing record. National Park Service National Register of Historic Places, listed-properties dataset, current to 2026-05-22.
- Map join. Address geocoded through the United States Census geocoder, then tested against the published boundary of every sheet in the USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection.
- How this page is made. Listing fields come from federal records; map-sheet coverage is a labelled coordinate-to-boundary calculation, not a source-field claim.
- 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.
- 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.