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Audubon Park, 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 77396. It stands on Reinhardt Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Humble quadrangle.

Audubon Park within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 17 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

48 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 48 fires within 5 miles of Audubon Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 720 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning9
Arson/incendiarism8
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Smoking2
Natural1

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
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 38
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE056
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
18 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE064
16 August 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 719

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Audubon Park: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Cordell Pit & PlantClayProducer
Humble Dome ProspectSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Fred Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
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
Spears Village1.3 miles17
Humble Acres1.9 miles17
Glen Lee Place2.0 miles17
Oak Knoll Estates2.1 miles17
Fountain View2.2 miles17
Lee Land2.4 miles17
Parkwood Estates2.6 miles17
Sequoya Bend2.7 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472399. 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.