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Kingsway, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Stafford-Missouri City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77489. The Survey maps it on the Missouri City quadrangle.

Kingsway within Fort Bend County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

35 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 35 fires within 5 miles of Kingsway between 2006 and 2020, burning about 369 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/undetermined31
Debris and open burning2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE073
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE059
10 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
1 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceA48D59D68E48E59E68E73E82L51L68M10SF24
24 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE048
16 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
15 June 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE048

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Kingsway: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Bromine, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Ridge MineHalite, BromineProducer1903
Pugmill #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Fort Bend 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
Missouri City0.5 miles11
Stafford1.0 miles11
Fifth Street1.1 miles11
Vacarro Manor1.2 miles14
Hunters Glen1.3 miles11
Fondren Grove1.5 miles14
Missouri City Estates1.7 miles14
Chasewood1.9 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472065. 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.