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Briargrove, Texas

11 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 77057. The Survey maps it on the Bellaire quadrangle.

Briargrove within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

43 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 43 fires within 5 miles of Briargrove between 2019 and 2020, burning about 9 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/undetermined42
Smoking1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceD028, E007, E016, L007, M006, SF024
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE016
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE010
4 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE038
20 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE002
8 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE002
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE006, E062
15 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE028

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Briargrove: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Barium-Barite, Sulfur. 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
Chromalloy American CorpBarium-BariteProducer
Echo Ii Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Signal Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Vermiculite Products PlantVermiculiteProducer

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
Lamar Terrace1.5 miles11
Hunters Creek Village1.7 miles15
Piney Point Village1.7 miles16
Bellaire Junction2.6 miles11
Bunker Hill Village2.6 miles16
Jeanetta2.6 miles14
Hedwig Village2.6 miles16
Rivercrest2.9 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1331251. 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.