BlockBrittany Bay, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 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 Dickinson 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.
- 1929 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:24000, 5 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Dickinson quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
38 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 38 fires within 5 miles of Brittany Bay between 2008 and 2020, burning about 236 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 | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21695 IH45 |
| 19 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH OR BRUSH-AND-GRASS |
| 7 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0000523 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000474 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000473 |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
| 10 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Brittany Bay: 1 producer, 1 occurrence. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Basic Industries Inc | Clay | Producer | ||
| Webster Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clear Creek Crossing | 1.1 miles | 19 | |
| Oaks of Clear Creek | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| League City | 1.7 miles | 19 | |
| Century Oaks Estates | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Frenchmans Creek | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Briar Glen | 2.9 miles | 19 | |
| Polly Ranch Estates | 3.1 miles | 18 | |
| Polly Oaks | 3.1 miles | 18 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122541335 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471720. 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.