Glenbrook Valley, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77061. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
58 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 58 fires within 5 miles of Glenbrook Valley between 2011 and 2020, burning about 94 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 | 58 |
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 | A036, E061 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E035, E055 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E061 |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E052 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E046 |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 15 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Glenbrook Valley: 13 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 14 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Pasadena Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| South Houston Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 | |
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Fellow Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Ideal Cement Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum Calcining Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Freeway Oaks | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Saint Rosa | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Oakland Plaza | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Greenway Place | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| South Houston Gardens | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Park Place | 1.7 miles | 16 | |
| Golfcrest | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Allen Farms | 2.0 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471979. 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.









