BlockCalder Highlands, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1932 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77706. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont West quadrangle.
On record in Calder Highlands
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
French Home Trading Postlisted 1970 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 15 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.
- 1932 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Beaumont West quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1986 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Beaumont West quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
22 since 1999Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 22 fires within 5 miles of Calder Highlands between 1999 and 2015, burning about 47 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 | 10 |
| Debris and open burning | 8 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIETH RD |
| 14 June 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS/KIETH |
| 21 May 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | DISHMAN/DEBRIS |
| 18 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 25 April 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMALL HAY FIRE |
| 21 March 2002 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 77 |
| 8 February 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 7 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KIETH_DISHMAN |
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 Calder Highlands: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Bromine. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont Plant | Bromine | Producer | ||
| Rose City Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Rose City Sand Pit | Silica | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calder Terrace | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Caldwood | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Sunnyside | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Pine Crest | 2.0 miles | 19 | |
| Helbig | 2.3 miles | 14 | |
| Beaumont | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Caldwood Acres | 2.5 miles | 15 | |
| Elizabeth | 2.7 miles | 15 |
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 Q122593002 | 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 1331869. 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.