BlockLake Jackson Farms, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Angleton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77566. It stands on McFadden Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Lake Jackson quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1943 USGS Snipe quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Snipe quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Lake Jackson quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
6 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Lake Jackson Farms between 2009 and 2012, burning about 5 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2012-000259 |
| 1 March 2009 | Recreation and ceremony | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MAMOTH LAKE |
| 19 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 13 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 9 January 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 22 January 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
6 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Lake Jackson Farms: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hoskins Mound | Sulfur | Unknown | ||
| Leggett Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Miller Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riggs Oak Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Riggs Oaks Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Jackson | 2.6 miles | 13 | |
| Ross | 2.7 miles | 13 | |
| Richwood | 3.3 miles | 13 | |
| Clute | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Snipe | 4.6 miles | 13 | |
| Oakland | 4.8 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Barbara | 4.9 miles | 13 | |
| Old Brazoria | 5.0 miles | 10 |
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 Q122545062 | 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 1360851. 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.