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Glencairn Park, Texas

17 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 77084. The Survey maps it on the Addicks quadrangle.

Glencairn Park within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 17 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

21 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Glencairn Park between 2008 and 2020, burning about 2,010 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/undetermined18
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090
8 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use25 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 688
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined215 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 814
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090 L090
7 May 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service924 ROLLING RIDGE ROAD
28 May 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090
25 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090
25 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Glencairn Park: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
A.F. Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fellows Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Satsuma IiSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Pine Forest Village0.6 miles17
Glen Cairn West0.8 miles17
Bear Creek Village0.8 miles17
Glen Cairn1.3 miles17
West Glen1.4 miles17
Deerfield Village1.6 miles17
Windsong1.9 miles17
Bradford Colony1.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471981. 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.