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Mims, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Brazosport census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77541. It stands on Little Slough. The Survey maps it on the Oyster Creek quadrangle.

Mims within Brazoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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.

Fires near this place

81 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Mims between 1993 and 2020, burning about 17,193 acres in total. 28 started naturally. 9 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
Natural28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Equipment and vehicle use9
Arson/incendiarism9
Debris and open burning7
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Other causes1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

DateCause SizeReported by Name on the report
8 September 2006Natural95 acresBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeCHRISTMAS MARSH
23 September 1994Missing data/not specified/undetermined42 acresBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeBIGSLOUGH
1 September 2011Natural42 acresBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeBERMUDA FIRE
7 August 2005Natural640 acresBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeSALT LAKE
7 August 2005Natural633 acresBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeBLUESTEM EAST
5 August 1997Debris and open burning515 acresBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeESCAPE1
31 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeFIREHALL MYSTERY FIRE
31 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreBrazoria National Wildlife RefugeTX-TMR-FY19-WF-HOSKINS TRUCK

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Mims: 1 past producer, 1 producer, 1 unknown. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Salt. Distance is straight-line from the map coordinates, so a quarry counted here may appear on a neighbouring settlement's page as well.

Where SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Gunnels Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Stratton RidgeSaltUnknown
Stratton Ridge MineHalitePast Producer1913

Every working recorded in Brazoria County

Storms near this place

2 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mims in 2 storm reports between 2015 and 2024: 2 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
March 2024Thunderstorm WindMims-Wind gust occurred at the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge station BZRT2.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindMims-The wind gust was measured at the Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge by a RAWS sensor.

Every storm recorded in Brazoria 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Hoskins4.3 miles10
Port Morris4.5 miles11
Bastrop Beach4.8 miles12
Oyster Creek6.3 miles12
Richwood6.9 miles13
Lake Barbara6.9 miles13
Clute7.3 miles13
Ross7.5 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362934. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.