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Glenshannon, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77546. The Survey maps it on the Friendswood quadrangle.

Glenshannon within Galveston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

32 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 32 fires within 5 miles of Glenshannon between 2008 and 2020, burning about 43 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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 burning14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined14
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism1

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
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
7 August 2012Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service12-0000523
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013018
25 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE094
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9059
10 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE094
1 July 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
27 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000383

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Galveston County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Glenshannon: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Ideal Basic Industries IncClayProducer
Shelton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Galveston 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
Greenbriar0.5 miles18
Reese Estates0.6 miles18
Wilderness Trails0.7 miles18
Keystone Meadows0.7 miles18
Sunpark0.8 miles18
Falcon Ridge0.8 miles15
Mustang Meadows0.8 miles18
Fox Meadows0.8 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471982. 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.