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Kenswick, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1919 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77338. It stands on Cypress Creek. The Survey maps it on the Maedan quadrangle.

Kenswick within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 15 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

53 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Kenswick between 1996 and 2020, burning about 535 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 8 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/undetermined22
Debris and open burning12
Arson/incendiarism8
Equipment and vehicle use5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Smoking1
Natural1

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
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 38
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101
11 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use49 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 894
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101
3 August 2005Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 81
21 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 311
21 August 2000Equipment and vehicle use5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 310
18 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE064

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Kenswick: 4 producers, 1 occurrence. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, 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
Humble Dome ProspectSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Vestal PitSilicaProducer
Fred Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yancy Pit & PlantSand 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
Millcreek0.5 miles15
Bordersville0.9 miles15
Foxwood1.0 miles15
Humble2.2 miles17
Kingwood2.4 miles15
Greengate Place3.0 miles15
Intercontinental Village3.1 miles16
Riverside Crest3.2 miles19

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472057. 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.