BlockBeauxart Gardens, Texas
12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1993. It stands in the Port Arthur census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. The Survey maps it on the Port Acres quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 12 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS Port Acres quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Anahuac quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1993 USGS Port Acres quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
11 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 11 fires within 5 miles of Beauxart Gardens between 1996 and 2013, burning about 766 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 July 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GREENHILL |
| 14 June 2011 | Natural | 300 acres | Livingston Area | LAMAR FIRE |
| 18 April 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5100 N HWY 347 |
| 24 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 92 |
| 23 March 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 89 |
| 19 March 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILLEBRANDT RD |
| 19 March 1996 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 November 2011 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 347 / HWY 366 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Beauxart Gardens: 4 producers, 2 past producers. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Bromine, Sulfur, Halite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spindletop Dome Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1950, 1952, 1976 | |
| Spindletop Wells | Bromine | Producer | Brine | |
| Beaumont Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Maco Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand | |
| Spindletop Dome Sulfur Mine | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Unknown | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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.
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1351717. 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.