BlockHappy Hideaway, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Northeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77532. The Survey maps it on the Crosby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 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.
- 1916 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
14 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 14 fires within 5 miles of Happy Hideaway between 1992 and 2020, burning about 100 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 865 |
| 6 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 857 |
| 28 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 942 |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 700 |
| 9 July 1996 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | B065, E065 |
| 24 June 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heathergate | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Rustic Acres | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shorewood | 1.4 miles | 18 | |
| Lakeside Manor | 1.5 miles | 18 | |
| Terramare | 2.0 miles | 15 | |
| Tall Cedars | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby Woods | 2.6 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby Meadows | 2.6 miles | 15 |
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 Q122539853 | The 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 2472011. 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.