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Forest North, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77389. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Forest North within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

114 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 114 fires within 5 miles of Forest North between 1993 and 2020, burning about 425 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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/undetermined47
Debris and open burning36
Misuse of fire by a minor9
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 855
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 941
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRILEY FUZZELL
16 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1200 RILEY FUZZEL
1 September 2011Arson/incendiarism11 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 820
6 August 2019Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOAK RIDGE FOREST

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Forest North: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Houston Plant BauxiteAluminumPast Producer

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
Windsor Forest0.7 miles18
Rotherwood1.4 miles18
Fox Hollow1.5 miles18
Bridgestone Ranch1.8 miles18
Avonak2.0 miles17
Five Oaks2.1 miles17
Cypresswood Glen2.1 miles18
Northgate Crossing2.4 miles18

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 Q122567795The 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 2471947. 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.