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Golden Acres, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Pasadena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77503. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle.

Golden Acres within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

8 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Golden Acres between 2014 and 2020, burning about 16 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/undetermined7
Debris and open burning1

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 August 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE093
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE029
19 May 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB093 , E071, E072
26 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB32,B35,B80,D70,E26,E32,E35,E52,E70,E80
26 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.7 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB093, D070, E052, E093
25 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE061
23 April 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB093, E052, E070, L093

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 11 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 11 workings within 5 miles of Golden Acres: 10 producers, 1 occurrence. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Halite, Clay. 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
Deepwater Clay PitClayProducer
Deer Park Sulfur PlantSulfur, ChlorineProducer
South Houston Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1934
Judson Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kaiser Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Genoa Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hanks PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Hills No. 2 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Hughes PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

10 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Golden Acres in 10 storm reports between 2008 and 2019: 3 flash flood, 2 thunderstorm wind, 2 lightning, 2 hail. The reports record 1 injury. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
August 2019Thunderstorm WindGolden Acres1 hurt, $50,000A rooftop facade at a store near the intersection of Allen Genoa Road and Richey Street had its rooftop facade blown off. The debris landed on top of vehicles in the parking lot.
May 2013FloodGolden Acres$750,000There were numerous reports of flooding around the greater Houston metropolitan area. There was curb high street flooding at the intersection of Gessner and Hammerly Streets. There was also high water causing flooding at the West Sam Houston Tollway southbound at U.S. Highway 59 southwest. Frontage road flooding was reported at the 610 West Loop northbound at U.S. Highway 59 southwest. There was a road closure at the U.S. 59 southwest freeway at Shepherd Drive due to high water. Road flooding was also reported in Humble, state highway 288 southbound at the 610 south loop, southwest U.S. 59 northbound at the 610 west loop, and at the south Beltway 8 eastbound at U.S. 90 alternate south.
August 2008LightningGolden Acres$40,000A lightning strike caused a fire that was contained to the attic. There was fire, smoke and water damage to the home.
February 2008Thunderstorm WindGolden Acres$15,000Straight line wind damage to several residential home roofs and one report of tree damage. Damage also included the collapse of a retail store wall.
May 2011HailGolden Acres$1,500Ping pong ball size hail occurred in the Pasadena area.
July 2012LightningGolden Acres$1,000A lightning strike struck a tree and part of the tree fell onto a carport and basketball goal causing damage.
September 2019Flash FloodGolden Acres-There was high water and road closure reported near the exit ramp near the Sam Houston Beltway Tollway at Spencer Highway.
August 2015Flash FloodGolden Acres-Heavy rain caused flash flooding in Pasadena. Impacted roads and intersections were Strawberry Road from Fairmont Parkway to Pasadena Boulevard, Spencer Highway at Bayshore Drive, Spencer Highway at Beltway 8, Watters Road between Vista Road and Fairmont Parkway and Vista Road at Space Center Boulevard.
October 2013Flash FloodGolden Acres-Heavy rain caused road flooding around the city of Houston.
March 2009HailGolden Acres-Nickel-sized hail was reported at the intersection of Spencer Highway and Beltway 8.

Every storm 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
Huntington1.2 miles13
Preston Manor1.2 miles13
Vita Villas1.5 miles13
Parkview Estates1.6 miles13
Preston Villa1.8 miles13
Village Grove1.8 miles13
Stadium Estates1.9 miles13
Parkview Manor2.0 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1336650. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.