BlockBefore

Dunnam, Texas

19 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 77345. It lies near Taylor Gully. The Survey maps it on the Moonshine Hill quadrangle.

Dunnam within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

115 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 115 fires within 5 miles of Dunnam between 1992 and 2020, burning about 476 acres in total. None started naturally. 20 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning42
Arson/incendiarism20
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB065, E065, E101
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE12
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 865
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 857
4 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 94
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 942
27 September 1993Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL & DALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dunnam: 4 producers. 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
Bishop Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dewey's Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Merimon Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pitts LeaseSand 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
Dogwood Acres1.0 miles19
Greentree Village1.3 miles19
Walden Woods1.3 miles19
Elm Grove Village1.6 miles19
River Terrace2.0 miles19
Sherwood Trails Village2.0 miles19
Bear Branch Village2.5 miles19
Hunter Ridge Village2.5 miles19

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 Q122596954The 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 1334799. 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.