Charterwood, Texas
17 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 77070. It lies near Pillot Gully. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Louetta quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Louetta quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
20 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Charterwood between 1992 and 2020, burning about 114 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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 | 9 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4514 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B066, E066, E096 |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E096 |
| 8 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E004 |
| 28 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 407 FIRE |
| 16 May 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 400 |
| 11 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E096 |
| 17 April 2011 | Debris and open burning | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 279 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louetta | 0.6 miles | 17 | |
| Kohrville | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Canterbury Forest | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Western Estates | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Lakewood West | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Norchester | 2.1 miles | 16 | |
| Westbourne | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Shannon Forest | 2.8 miles | 17 |
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 Q122569714 | 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 2471757. 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.







