Mayfair, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77087. It lies near Kuhlman Gully. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.
On record in Mayfair
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 within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Sears, Roebuck and Company Warehouse and Service Centerlisted 2020 · 0.8 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 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.
- 1915 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
70 since 2000Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 70 fires within 5 miles of Mayfair between 2000 and 2020, burning about 52 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 69 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E017 |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E035, E055 |
| 4 August 2000 | Debris and open burning | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 254 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E024 |
| 10 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E046 |
| 1 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E025 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
8 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Mayfair: 7 producers, 1 past producer. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Pasadena Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Gulf Coast Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Past Producer | ||
| Lone Star Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Golfview Manor | 0.2 miles | 16 | |
| Kings Court | 0.5 miles | 16 | |
| MacGregor Palms | 0.9 miles | 16 | |
| Pine Valley | 1.0 miles | 16 | |
| Golfcrest | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Oakland Plaza | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Brookline | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Edgewood | 1.7 miles | 16 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1341108. 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.









