Glen Park, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77009. It stands on Little Whiteoak Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Settegast quadrangle.
On record in Glen Park
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 within a mile 2 records
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
- Near Northside Historic Districtlisted 2010 · 0.8 miles away
- Fire Engine House No. 9listed 1985 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 17 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.
- 1916 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Settegast quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
96 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Glen Park between 2019 and 2020, burning about 14 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 | 96 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | D6,D8,E7,E8,E9,E16,E17,L6,L7,L16,M19,SF30 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E017 |
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | D6,D19,E12,E15,E19,E30,L6,L19,M19,SF30 |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E039 |
| 25 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E017 |
| 15 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E007 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E006 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E030 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 11 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Glen Park: 9 producers, 2 past producers. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Barium-Barite, Vermiculite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Echo Ii Sand Dredge | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Gulf Coast Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Gulf Coast Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Houston Barite,Plant | Strontium, Bentonite, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Houston Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Southern Clay Products Inc | Bentonite | Producer | ||
| Vermiculite Products Plant | Vermiculite | Producer | ||
| Chromalloy American Corp | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Barite Plant | Barium-Barite | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brook Smith | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Woodland Heights | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Houston | 1.8 miles | 17 | |
| Stude | 1.8 miles | 15 | |
| Stone Heights | 2.3 miles | 15 | |
| Houston Heights | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Colonial Gardens | 2.6 miles | 17 | |
| Shady Acres | 3.3 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471978. 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.










