BlockChappell Ridge, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77433. The Survey maps it on the Cypress quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Cypress quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1918 USGS Cypress quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Cypress quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Cypress quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
5 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Chappell Ridge between 1992 and 2015, burning about 106 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 May 1997 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 March 2015 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 October 1992 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 6 January 2006 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 14 January 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Inwood Park | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| Cypress | 3.1 miles | 16 | |
| Cypress Point | 3.8 miles | 16 | |
| Hot Wells | 4.3 miles | 16 | |
| Rose Hill | 5.5 miles | 14 | |
| Hockley | 5.7 miles | 16 | |
| Enchanted Valley | 5.8 miles | 16 | |
| Sabacen Park | 7.0 miles | 16 |
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 Q122569905 | 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 2471756. 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.