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Heatherwood, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77054. The Survey maps it on the Bellaire quadrangle.

Heatherwood within Harris County

On record in Heatherwood

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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.

Fires near this place

72 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 72 fires within 5 miles of Heatherwood between 2000 and 2020, burning about 51 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined71
Debris and open burning1

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
19 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceD028, E007, E016, L007, M006, SF024
15 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE007
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE016
4 August 2000Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 254
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE048
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE021
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE046

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Heatherwood: 2 past producers, 2 producers. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Pierce Junction MineHalitePast Producer1902
Commercial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Echo Ii Sand DredgeSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Walkers Sand IncSand 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
Woodside0.7 miles11
Linkwood1.0 miles11
Woodside Plaza1.0 miles11
Pierce Junction1.4 miles11
Westwood1.5 miles11
Braeswood1.5 miles11
Westwood Park1.6 miles11
Southside Place1.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472018. 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.