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Greensbrook, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77044. The Survey maps it on the Harmaston quadrangle.

Greensbrook within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 16 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

96 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 96 fires within 5 miles of Greensbrook between 1992 and 2020, burning about 669 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Debris and open burning51
Missing data/not specified/undetermined34
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking2

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 873
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 864
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE032
26 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB032, B035, E032, E035, E043
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 685

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 Greensbrook: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 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
Specialty Sand PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Cordell Pit & PlantClayProducer
Houston Clay Pit and PlantClayUnknown

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
Kings Lake Forest0.4 miles16
Forest Acres1.5 miles16
Dyersdale1.8 miles17
Shadowlake Estates2.0 miles17
Victor2.4 miles16
Parkway2.7 miles14
Airstream2.9 miles14
Parkway Forest2.9 miles14

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122544746The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472001. 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.