BlockBear Creek Village, Texas
17 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 77084. It stands on Horsepen Creek. The Survey maps it on the Addicks quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 17 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 Addicks quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Bear Creek Village between 2008 and 2020, burning about 251 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 | 17 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E090 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | ROADSIDE |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 25 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 688 |
| 30 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 215 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 814 |
| 21 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E066 |
| 7 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 924 ROLLING RIDGE ROAD |
| 28 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E090 |
| 10 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E066 |
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 Bear Creek Village: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A.F. Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Fellows Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Satsuma Ii | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Glencairn Park | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Glen Cairn West | 0.8 miles | 17 | |
| Bradford Colony | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Glen Cairn | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Jamestown Colony | 1.2 miles | 17 | |
| Concord Colony | 1.3 miles | 17 | |
| Pine Forest Village | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| West Glen | 1.4 miles | 17 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471693. 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.