Mantu, Texas

17 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 77530. It lies near Diamond Island. The Survey maps it on the Highlands quadrangle.

Mantu within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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.

1916 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:24000
1920 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:31680
1920 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1944 USGS Burnett Bay quadrangle1:31680
1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
1955 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1967 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000
1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
1995 USGS Highlands quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

5 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Mantu between 2006 and 2011, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Arson/incendiarism	2
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	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
9 September 2011	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 878
3 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	5.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 831
25 May 2006	Arson/incendiarism	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 130
5 April 2006	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	20 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 98
19 January 2009	Misuse of fire by a minor	35 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 14

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Mantu: 5 producers, 1 past producer. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Barium-Barite. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Baytown Sulfur Plant	Sulfur	Producer
Wallisvill Road Barite Plant	Barium-Barite	Producer
Highlands Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Past Producer
Mantooth Dredge & Plant	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Rightway Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Gravel, Sand
Rightway Sand Co	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Lake View Homes	1.7 miles	17
Gilbert Landing	1.8 miles	17
Four Corners	1.9 miles	17
Channelview	2.0 miles	17
Lynchburg	2.0 miles	17
Lakeside Park Estates	2.0 miles	17
Shadow Glen	2.2 miles	14
Lynchburg Landing	2.3 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378642. 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.