Forest Heights, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1986. It stands in the Mauriceville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77632. The Survey maps it on the Mauriceville quadrangle. 1,329 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 26 feet above sea level.
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.
- 1926 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000
- 1952 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Mauriceville quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Orangefield quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1986 USGS Lake Charles quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
120 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 120 fires within 5 miles of Forest Heights between 1992 and 2016, burning about 2,020 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 35 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 48 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 35 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 16 |
| Natural | 7 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Fireworks | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 224 |
| 5 September 2013 | Fireworks | 97 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9171 |
| 5 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 853 |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | LIVINGSTON - 963 |
| 26 September 1999 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Louisiana Office of Forestry | not named |
| 24 September 1999 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 254 |
| 22 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WOODVILLE - 255 |
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 Forest Heights: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G.T.M. Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Teal Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reese | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Morgan Bluff | 2.8 miles | 18 | |
| Kinard Estates | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Lemonville | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Ridgecrest | 5.0 miles | 18 | |
| Little Cypress | 5.1 miles | 13 | |
| West Bluff | 5.1 miles | 18 | |
| Echo | 6.1 miles | 18 |
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 Forest Heights | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5468899 | 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 1336021. 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.






