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Higgins, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1926 and the latest in 1994. It stands in the Beaumont census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77705. It lies near Harbor Island. The Survey maps it on the Beaumont East quadrangle.

Higgins within Jefferson County

On record in Higgins

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

9 surveys from 19 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

12 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Higgins between 1996 and 2015, burning about 249 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning6
Missing data/not specified/undetermined2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
31 May 2003Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWOODVILLE - 77
10 May 2011Railroad operations and maintenance10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 379
24 April 1999Railroad operations and maintenance4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 April 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution100 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5100 N HWY 347
17 April 2010Arson/incendiarism10 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 111
14 April 2010Debris and open burning3.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 103
4 March 2006Debris and open burning15 acresTexas A & M Forest Service536 R 5
19 March 1996Debris and open burning85 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Jefferson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Higgins: 11 producers, 2 past producers. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Bromine, Sulfur, 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
Spindletop Dome MineSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra PurePast Producer1950, 1952, 1976
Beaumont PlantBromineProducer
Beaumont Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Rose City PitSilicaProducer
Rose City Sand PitSilicaProducer
Spindletop Dome Sulfur MineSulfurProducer
Spindletop WellsBromineProducerBrine
Beeco PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
L O Block Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Larry Tinkle Sand CoSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Jefferson 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
Zummo1.5 miles19
West Oakland2.0 miles19
Beaumont2.1 miles19
Spindletop2.3 miles19
Guffey2.7 miles19
Sunnyside3.4 miles15
Caldwood Acres3.6 miles15
Walden3.7 miles15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1337697. 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.