Mission Estates, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77546. The Survey maps it on the Algoa quadrangle.

Mission Estates within Galveston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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.

1929 USGS Algoa quadrangle1:24000
1932 USGS Algoa quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
1956 USGS Algoa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

26 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Mission Estates between 2004 and 2014, burning about 48 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
Debris and open burning	14
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
Equipment and vehicle use	1
Arson/incendiarism	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
14 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
9 July 2013	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	2013018
2 July 2014	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	BRUSH
1 July 2011	Debris and open burning	3.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	MUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
1 July 2009	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	9052
3 June 2013	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	STATE OF TEXAS-HWY 84 & AVE E
27 June 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	11-0000383
24 June 2009	Debris and open burning	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	9046

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Galveston 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 Estates: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
	Ideal Basic Industries Inc	Clay	Producer
	Shelton Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Galveston 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
Carmel Village	0.5 miles	15
San Joaquin Estates	0.6 miles	15
Sun Meadow	0.7 miles	15
Windsong	0.8 miles	15
El Dorado	0.8 miles	15
Falcon Ridge	1.0 miles	15
Keystone Meadows	1.2 miles	18
Windsor Estates	1.2 miles	15

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472134. 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.