BlockBefore

Champion Park, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77069. The Survey maps it on the Satsuma quadrangle.

Champion Park within Harris County

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

14 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Champion Park between 1992 and 2020, burning about 45 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/undetermined9
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
1 August 2015Debris and open burning6.4 acresTexas A & M Forest Service4514
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB066, E066, E096
3 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE096
14 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE004
8 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE004
16 May 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 400
11 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE096
24 March 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.8 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB66,L B77, E66, E77, E96, L96

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Champion Park: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Forest Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Deco0.6 miles16
Champions East0.9 miles16
Greenwood Forest1.3 miles16
Huntwick Forest1.6 miles16
Cashel Forest1.7 miles16
Cutten Green1.8 miles16
Fountainhead1.9 miles18
Woods of Wimbledon1.9 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471750. 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.