Klein, Texas
17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77379. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle. It stands 140 feet above sea level.
On record in Klein
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register 1 record
- Peter and Sophie Wunderlich Farmlisted 1997
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 surveys from 17 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 Louetta quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Louetta quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
- 1995 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
37 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 37 fires within 5 miles of Klein between 1992 and 2016, burning about 514 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 | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 1993 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 281 |
| 27 July 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 June 1998 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 8 May 1998 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 May 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 407 FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Klein: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Sand Pit | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shannon Forest | 0.9 miles | 17 | |
| Spring Creek Forest | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Oakwood Glen | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Bridgestone West | 1.7 miles | 17 | |
| Wimbledon Estates | 2.3 miles | 17 | |
| Terranova | 2.5 miles | 18 | |
| Bridgestone Ranch | 2.6 miles | 18 | |
| Pinewood Place | 2.6 miles | 17 |
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.
| Wikipedia article on Klein | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6420123 | 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 1378528. 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.







