Clear Lake, Texas
18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77062. The Survey maps it on the Friendswood quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 18 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 Genoa quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Genoa quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Friendswood quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Freindswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1982 USGS Friendswood quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Friendswood quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
42 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 42 fires within 5 miles of Clear Lake between 2011 and 2020, burning about 31 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 | 33 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21695 IH45 |
| 19 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH OR BRUSH-AND-GRASS |
| 7 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 12-0000523 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000474 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000473 |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E070 |
| 7 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E093, L093 |
| 25 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Clear Lake: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Seabrook Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Webster Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 |
Storms near this place
1 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Clear Lake in 1 storm report in 1993: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| February 1993 | Tornado (F0) | Clear Lake | $500,000 | Four garages were destroyed. Roof damage to several homes and one apartment complex two blocks east of Bay Area Blvd and Diana Lane in Clear Lake. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Camino South | 0.3 miles | 18 | |
| Pipers Meadow | 0.6 miles | 18 | |
| Clear Lake City | 0.7 miles | 19 | |
| Webster | 1.2 miles | 19 | |
| Sterling Knoll | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| University Green | 1.3 miles | 19 | |
| Baybrook Village | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Oak Brook West | 1.7 miles | 18 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471768. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










