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Central Park, Texas

16 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 77011. It lies near Yates Gully. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.

Central Park within Harris County

On record in Central Park

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 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

75 since 2019

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 75 fires within 5 miles of Central Park between 2019 and 2020, burning about 11 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/undetermined75

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceD6,D8,E7,E8,E9,E16,E17,L6,L7,L16,M19,SF30
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE017
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceD6,D19,E12,E15,E19,E30,L6,L19,M19,SF30
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE053
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE017
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE007
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE006
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE039

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 22 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 22 workings within 5 miles of Central Park: 20 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Clay, Barium-Barite. 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
Houston Barite,PlantStrontium, Bentonite, Barium-BariteProducer
Houston Cement PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Pasadena PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Southern Clay Products IncBentoniteProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Galena Park Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Galena Park MillBarium-BariteProducer
Houston Barite PlantBarium-BariteProducer
U S Gypsum Calcining PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
(Facility) Atlantic Richfield RefinerySulfurPlant

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
Pine View Manor0.8 miles16
Magnolia Park1.0 miles16
Forest Hill1.3 miles16
Eastwood1.3 miles16
Idylwood1.4 miles16
Mason Park Terrace1.6 miles16
Clinton View2.0 miles16
Harrisburg2.1 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471747. 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.