Harlem, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Sugar Land census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77406. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Land quadrangle. It stands 79 feet above sea level.

Harlem 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

12 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Harlem between 2003 and 2013, burning about 27 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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	4
Debris and open burning	4
Arson/incendiarism	2
Natural	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
4 September 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	309 CR. 4360
11 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CLAY ST
3 August 2003	Debris and open burning	4.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 62
25 July 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	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
28 May 2011	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Harlem: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. 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
Unknown	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Unnamed Dredging Corporation	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
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
Pecan Grove Plantation	1.7 miles	11
New Territory	1.7 miles	11
Pecan Grove	2.1 miles	14
Richmond	2.8 miles	9
Stratford Park	2.9 miles	14
Greatwood Village	3.3 miles	11
Summerfield	3.3 miles	14
Shiloh Lake Estates	3.4 miles	14

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.

Wikipedia article on Harlem	An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6187963	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 1378416. 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.