BlockBay Ridge, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77573. The Survey maps it on the League City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 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 Seabrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
8 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Bay Ridge between 2008 and 2016, burning about 278 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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 | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 April 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 1910 DELLORE, LC, FIRE |
| 12 April 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20600 IH-45 |
| 9 November 2008 | Arson/incendiarism | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 November 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 16-0001692 |
| 3 October 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000607 |
| 30 January 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 6.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BAYRIDGE |
| 13 January 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SUNSET RIDGE |
| 12 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 200 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Shore Village | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Kemah Park | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Meadow Bend | 1.4 miles | 19 | |
| Bayview | 1.5 miles | 19 | |
| Foster Place | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| Bacliff | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Seagate | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Chase Park | 2.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471685. 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.