Greatwood, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Rosenberg-Richmond census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77479. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Land quadrangle.

Greatwood within Fort Bend County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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.

1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Sugar Land quadrangle1:62500
1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1970 USGS Sugar Land quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Sugar Land quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

8 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 8 fires within 5 miles of Greatwood between 2010 and 2015, burning about 71 acres in total. 1 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	4
Debris and open burning	3
Natural	1

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
3 August 2014	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	50 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	FIRE
2 August 2015	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	WILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
15 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
6 June 2011	Natural	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
29 June 2013	Debris and open burning	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	715 SECR 1190
8 May 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
7 February 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
18 February 2010	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	BAUDET

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Greatwood: 3 past producers, 1 producer. 1 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Fort Bend 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Greatwood Trails	0.2 miles	11
Greatwood Village	1.1 miles	11
Rabbs Hill	1.2 miles	11
Crabb	2.1 miles	11
Booth	2.2 miles	11
Bridlewood Estates	2.3 miles	11
New Territory	2.8 miles	11
Oxford	3.5 miles	11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852709. 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.