Allendale, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77017. It stands on Berry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 13 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.
- 1915 USGS Deepwater quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Deepwater quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Pasadena quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Allendale between 2019 and 2020, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 26 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E041, E042 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E052 |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A36D26D70E29E36E52E61FM22HM2022L29L61M70SF24 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E029 |
| 4 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E018 |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023, E029 |
| 17 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E052, E061 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 25 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 25 workings within 5 miles of Allendale: 22 producers, 2 plants, 1 occurrence. 24 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| South Houston Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 | |
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum Calcining Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Deepwater Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Ideal Cement Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Clay Pit | Clay | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadow Creek Village | 0.7 miles | 13 | |
| Park Place | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Daly Place | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Manchester | 1.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pasadena | 2.0 miles | 13 | |
| Greenway Place | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| Gloverdale | 2.2 miles | 16 | |
| South Houston | 2.2 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329398. 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.









