BlockAldine Meadows, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77032. The Survey maps it on the Humble quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Humble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Humble quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1946 USGS Humble quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Humble quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Humble quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Humble quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Humble quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
46 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Aldine Meadows between 1993 and 2020, burning about 71 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B032, E032, E084 |
| 4 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E058 |
| 20 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 743 |
| 18 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E064 |
| 9 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E058 |
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E084 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Aldine Meadows: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aldine | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Greenbranch | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Greenbriar Colony | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Aldine Place | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Greenview Manor | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Central Green | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Aldine City | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Imperial Valley | 1.8 miles | 18 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122572804 | The 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 2472377. 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.