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Glenshannon, Texas

14 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 77099. The Survey maps it on the Alief quadrangle.

Glenshannon within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 14 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

52 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Glenshannon between 2011 and 2020, burning about 45 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 were 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/undetermined48
Arson/incendiarism2
Debris and open burning1
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 ServiceE073
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE073
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE010
27 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceW PENNINGTON
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE010, E073
24 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075
18 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Glenshannon: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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
Pugmill #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

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
Westhampton Place0.5 miles14
Park Glen West0.8 miles14
Bellaire West1.1 miles14
Commerce Park1.4 miles14
Two Worlds1.9 miles14
Braeburn Glen1.9 miles14
Brays Village East2.1 miles14
Oak Harbor2.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471983. 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.