Four Corners, 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 77422. The Survey maps it on the Sweeny quadrangle.
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 Sweeny 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
14 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Four Corners between 2008 and 2009, burning about 31 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 13 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244 |
| 31 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244 |
| 17 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PAN AMERICA |
| 10 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244F |
| 8 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 347 |
| 25 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 244A |
| 25 February 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 204 |
| 22 December 2008 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Four Corners: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clemens Dome Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1937, 1960 |
Storms near this place
1 since 2010Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Four Corners in 1 storm report in 2010: 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Thunderstorm Wind | Four Corners | $50,000 | Partial roof loss and damage occurred at a storage facility on FM 521 south of Brazoria. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Bernardo | 2.7 miles | 10 | |
| Sweeny | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Peach | 4.8 miles | 10 | |
| Brazoria | 5.0 miles | 10 | |
| Old Brazoria | 5.6 miles | 10 | |
| Wild Peach Village | 5.7 miles | 10 | |
| Hinkles Ferry | 5.9 miles | 8 | |
| Abercrombie | 6.1 miles | 11 |
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 Four Corners | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q114243336 | 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 2034923. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.




