Gulf Park, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Brazosport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77541. The Survey maps it on the Jones Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
20 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Gulf Park between 2008 and 2014, burning about 152 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 |
|---|---|
| Smoking | 6 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | CENTER POINT |
| 12 September 2011 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | PORT FREEPORT |
| 6 August 2014 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | VELASCO |
| 22 August 2012 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | YELLOWSTONE LEVEE |
| 4 July 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRAZOS RIVER AT BAYWOOD |
| 12 July 2011 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHINTECH |
| 4 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | DOW |
| 19 June 2013 | Smoking | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | YELLOWSTONE LEVEE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Gulf Park: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Magnesite, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Vanadium, Molybdenum. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bryan Mound Mine | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure | Past Producer | 1904, 1912, 1968 | |
| Gulf Chem and Metallurgical Plant | Vanadium, Molybdenum | Producer | ||
| A P Green Refractories | Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Us Gypsum Freeport Plant | Magnesite | Producer |
Storms near this place
1 since 2016Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Gulf Park in 1 storm report in 2016: 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| August 2016 | Flash Flood | Gulf Park | $12,000 | Three to four inches of rain, with near 6 inches in extreme, over a relatively short period of time caused flood waters to be reported entering a few homes within northern Freeport. There were reports of water in at least 5 homes in Velasco along the 800 block of north Avenue F. There were numerous reports of flooded roadways and standing water in and around the Dow Chemical plant. |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Creek | 2.3 miles | 9 | |
| Oakland | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Velasco Heights | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Velasco | 2.8 miles | 12 | |
| Freeport | 2.9 miles | 12 | |
| Midway | 4.1 miles | 12 | |
| Perry Landing | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Clute | 4.5 miles | 13 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1358501. 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.






