BlockFalcon Point, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Fulshear-Simonton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77494. The Survey maps it on the Katy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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 Katy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Brookshire quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1971 USGS Katy quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
9 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Falcon Point between 2003 and 2019, burning about 11 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | KATY FREEWAY |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MASON RD |
| 27 July 2003 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 61 |
| 26 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAVERICK PARK |
| 13 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 April 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ILLEGAL BURN |
| 1 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pin Oak Village | 0.3 miles | 13 | |
| Fawn Lake | 1.8 miles | 13 | |
| Cinco Ranch | 3.3 miles | 10 | |
| Pittsville (historical) | 7.3 miles | 9 | |
| West Oaks Village | 7.4 miles | 14 | |
| Clodine | 7.5 miles | 14 | |
| Fulshear | 7.6 miles | 9 | |
| Mission West | 8.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471930. 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.