BlockMcKamy Meadow, Texas
18 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 77067. The Survey maps it on the Aldine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 18 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 Aldine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Aldine quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Aldine quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Aldine quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Aldine quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Aldine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
34 since 1995Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of McKamy Meadow between 1995 and 2020, burning about 114 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 27 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.2 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B032, E032, E084 |
| 3 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 834 |
| 4 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E067 |
| 27 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E058 |
| 20 August 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 8.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 743 |
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E084 |
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 McKamy Meadow: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lincoln Green East | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Briar Creek | 0.5 miles | 18 | |
| Greenfield Village | 0.8 miles | 18 | |
| Lincoln Green South | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| Northborough | 2.2 miles | 18 | |
| Northwest Green | 2.3 miles | 16 | |
| Northcliffe Manor | 2.3 miles | 18 | |
| Northwest Park | 2.4 miles | 16 |
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 Q122590653 | 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 2472109. 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.