BlockEast Columbia, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brazoria-West Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77486. It stands on Varner Creek. The Survey maps it on the East Columbia quadrangle. 128 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 30 feet above sea level.
On record in East Columbia
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 2 records
Ammon Underwood Houselisted 1976- East Columbia Historic Districtlisted 1991
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 10 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.
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1952 USGS East Columbia quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
13 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of East Columbia between 2008 and 2020, burning about 74 acres in total. 1 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 | 9 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 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 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GST. PAUL |
| 28 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GST. PAUL |
| 24 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 586 |
| 9 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 517 |
| 3 March 2009 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 344 |
| 17 March 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 353 |
| 17 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 36 |
| 13 March 2014 | Debris and open burning | 22 acres | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | LIVE OAK FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of East Columbia: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| West Colombia Salt Dome | Halite, Gypsum-Anhydrite | Occurrence | 1901 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Columbia | 1.6 miles | 11 | |
| Wild Peach Village | 4.1 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Peach | 5.1 miles | 10 | |
| Bailey Prairie | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Old Brazoria | 6.5 miles | 10 | |
| Holiday Lakes | 7.0 miles | 10 | |
| Brazoria | 7.1 miles | 10 | |
| Snipe | 7.2 miles | 13 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on East Columbia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5328156 | 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 1356596. 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.