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Harmaston, 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 77346. It lies near Rogers Gully. The Survey maps it on the Harmaston quadrangle.

Harmaston 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

33 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Harmaston between 1992 and 2020, burning about 321 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 5 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/undetermined17
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Debris and open burning2
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined22 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 864
30 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2011Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 685
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined25 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 August 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 719
13 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 700

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Harmaston: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

9 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Harmaston in 9 storm reports between 2011 and 2024: 6 thunderstorm wind, 2 hail, 1 lightning. 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.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
November 2021LightningHarmaston$15,000A lightning strike resulted in a house fire in Atascocita.
June 2011Thunderstorm WindHarmaston$15,000Strong winds downed trees and caused roof damage to two businesses near the intersection of Clayton Parkway and West Lake Houston Parkway.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHarmaston-Large trees were downed in the Indian Shores neighborhood near Lake Houston.
May 2024Thunderstorm WindHarmaston-A large tree was downed in a residential neighborhood of Kingwood.
May 2023HailHarmaston-Penny sized hail was reported near the Maplebrook elementary school area.
October 2020Thunderstorm WindHarmaston-Trees down.
May 2019Thunderstorm WindHarmaston-There was pine tree damage at a strip mall off of FM 1960.
April 2016Thunderstorm WindHarmaston-A large tree was downed onto a vehicle and garage.
May 2013HailHarmaston-A severe thunderstorm produced quarter sized hail near Atascocita.

Every storm 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
Walden on Lake Houston1.1 miles16
Atascocita South1.2 miles16
Atascocita1.7 miles16
Atascocita Timber1.8 miles16
Pines of Atascocita2.1 miles19
Timber Forest2.3 miles16
Oaks of Atascocita2.3 miles19
Belleau Wood East2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379891. 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.