BlockKings Lake Forest, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77044. The Survey maps it on the Harmaston quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 16 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 Harmaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1920 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1944 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Harmaston quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
93 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 93 fires within 5 miles of Kings Lake Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 774 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 50 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 32 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Smoking | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 4.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 873 |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 864 |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E032 |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 24 September 2004 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 108 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 38 |
| 9 August 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B032, B035, E032, E035, E043 |
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 Kings Lake Forest: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cordell Pit & Plant | Clay | Producer | ||
| Specialty Sand Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Greensbrook | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Forest Acres | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Dyersdale | 1.9 miles | 17 | |
| Victor | 2.0 miles | 16 | |
| Shadowlake Estates | 2.1 miles | 17 | |
| Parkway | 3.0 miles | 14 | |
| Airstream | 3.1 miles | 14 | |
| Summerwood | 3.2 miles | 16 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikidata item Q122549281 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472063. 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.