BlockKilkare, Texas
19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77586. It stands on Horsepen Bayou. The Survey maps it on the League City quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 19 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Seabrook quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS League City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
26 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Kilkare (historical) between 2008 and 2020, burning about 239 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 18 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 21695 IH45 |
| 19 September 2016 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH OR BRUSH-AND-GRASS |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000474 |
| 5 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000473 |
| 12 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E094 |
| 19 May 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B093 , E071, E072 |
| 16 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000290 |
| 4 April 2014 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17050 EL CAMINO REAL |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kilkare (historical): 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Perlite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laporte Perlite Plant | Perlite | Producer | ||
| Webster Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Lake Village | 0.9 miles | 19 | |
| El Lago | 1.6 miles | 19 | |
| University Park | 1.9 miles | 19 | |
| Brookwood | 2.1 miles | 19 | |
| Seabrook | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| University Green | 2.4 miles | 19 | |
| Middlebrook | 2.7 miles | 19 | |
| Mystic Village | 2.7 miles | 19 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2573419. 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.