BlockBefore

Greentree Village, Texas

19 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 77345. The Survey maps it on the Moonshine Hill quadrangle.

Greentree Village within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

112 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 112 fires within 5 miles of Greentree Village between 1993 and 2020, burning about 465 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 21 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/undetermined45
Debris and open burning33
Arson/incendiarism21
Misuse of fire by a minor7
Recreation and ceremony2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Natural1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB065, E065, E101
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE12
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 865
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 857
3 September 2000Natural7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 372
28 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 942
27 September 1993Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL & DALE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Greentree Village: 5 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica. 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
Vestal PitSilicaProducer
Bishop Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dewey's Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Merimon Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pitts LeaseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Sherwood Trails Village1.2 miles19
Hunter Ridge Village1.2 miles19
Elm Grove Village1.3 miles19
Dunnam1.3 miles19
Bear Branch Village1.5 miles19
Kings Forest1.6 miles19
Dogwood Acres2.1 miles19
Walden Woods2.4 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472002. 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.