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Kings Court, Texas

16 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 77087. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.

Kings Court within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 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

66 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 66 fires within 5 miles of Kings Court between 2000 and 2020, burning about 54 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/undetermined65
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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE017
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE035, E055
4 August 2000Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 254
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceE025
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE023
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
1 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE025

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Kings Court: 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Halite, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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
Charter International Oil CoSulfurProducer
Galena Park Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Houston Cement PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Lone Star Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Lone Star Clay PitClayProducer
Pasadena PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
South Houston Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1934
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

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
Mayfair0.5 miles16
Golfview Manor0.6 miles16
Oakland Plaza0.8 miles16
Golfcrest1.1 miles16
MacGregor Palms1.3 miles16
Pine Valley1.4 miles16
Saint Rosa1.5 miles16
Greenway Place1.5 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472060. 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.