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.
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.
- Sills Buildinglisted 2024 · 0.6 miles away
- J. A. Folger and Company Plantlisted 2021 · 0.7 miles away
- Angelo and Lillian Minella Houselisted 2006 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
75 since 2019Regional 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/undetermined | 75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | D6,D8,E7,E8,E9,E16,E17,L6,L7,L16,M19,SF30 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E017 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | D6,D19,E12,E15,E19,E30,L6,L19,M19,SF30 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E053 |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E017 |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E007 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E006 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E039 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 22 shownRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houston Barite,Plant | Strontium, Bentonite, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Pasadena Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| Southern Clay Products Inc | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Barite Plant | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum Calcining Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pine View Manor | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Magnolia Park | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Forest Hill | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Eastwood | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Idylwood | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Mason Park Terrace | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Clinton View | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Harrisburg | 2.1 miles | 16 |
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.









