Atascocita, 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 77346. It lies near Rogers Gully. The Survey maps it on the Harmaston quadrangle. 88,174 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 72 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresAtascocita grew from 65,844 to 88,174 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 65,844 | |
| 2020 | 88,174 | +22,330 (+34%) |
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Harmaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Atascocita between 1992 and 2020, burning about 525 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/undetermined | 33 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 7 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 864 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 865 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 857 |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 942 |
| 24 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 38 |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E102 |
| 8 August 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 10 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 685 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Atascocita: 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humble Dome Prospect | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | Anhydrite, Gypsum, Halite | |
| Vestal Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Yancy Pit & Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oaks of Atascocita | 0.5 miles | 19 | |
| Atascocita South | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Atascocita Timber | 0.6 miles | 16 | |
| Pinehurst of Atascocita | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Atascocita West | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Atascocita North | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Belleau Wood East | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Walden on Lake Houston | 1.6 miles | 16 |
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 Atascocita | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q982138 | 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 1877179. 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.










