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Atascocita Acres, Texas

16 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 77396. It stands on Williams Gully. The Survey maps it on the Harmaston quadrangle.

Atascocita Acres within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

45 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Atascocita Acres between 1992 and 2020, burning about 595 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined17
Misuse of fire by a minor10
Arson/incendiarism8
Debris and open burning5
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 873
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 864
30 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 38
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 685
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 311

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Atascocita Acres: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Humble Dome ProspectSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Vestal PitSilicaProducer
Fred Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yancy Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris 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
Atascocita Forest0.5 miles16
Timber Forest1.5 miles16
Belleau Wood East2.1 miles16
Intercontinental Village2.2 miles16
Moonshine Hill2.5 miles19
Atascocita Timber2.7 miles16
Audubon Park2.8 miles17
Victor2.9 miles16

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 Q122553425The 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 2472393. 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.