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Mission Bend, Texas

14 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 77083. The Survey maps it on the Clodine quadrangle.

Mission Bend within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

29 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Mission Bend between 2011 and 2020, burning about 1,658 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined26
Debris and open burning1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6000 FOREST
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,622 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGEORGE BUSH PARK
27 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceW PENNINGTON
24 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075
18 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075
14 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE076
17 June 2020Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceD078 DRO014 E075

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Mission Bend: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Clodine PitClayProducerSedimentary
Clodine PitClayProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Clayton Park1.0 miles14
Beechnut Crossing1.3 miles14
Catalina Village1.6 miles14
Forest Wood1.6 miles14
Park Ridge1.8 miles14
Rodeo Square1.9 miles14
Pheasant Run2.1 miles14
Parkhollow Place2.2 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472132. 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.