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Moonshine Hill, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77338. It lies near Jordon Gully. The Survey maps it on the Moonshine Hill quadrangle.

Moonshine Hill within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

64 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 64 fires within 5 miles of Moonshine Hill between 1992 and 2020, burning about 585 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 13 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/undetermined26
Arson/incendiarism13
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use3
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Fireworks1
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism4.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 873
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE12
30 September 1992Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2004Missing data/not specified/undetermined108 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 38
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE102
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101
6 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Moonshine Hill: 3 producers, 1 occurrence. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica. 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
Humble Dome ProspectSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Vestal PitSilicaProducer
Fred Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yancy Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

4 since 2009

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Moonshine Hill in 4 storm reports between 2009 and 2022: 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood, 1 tornado. 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
January 2022Tornado (EF1)Moonshine Hill$300,000This EF1 tornado tracked from a wooded area, through North Hollow Estates then across the City of Humble with damage to trees and a couple of structures. Vans were flipped in a church parking lot. One retail building was destroyed with the loss of its roof and three walls. The post office also sustained minor damage.
August 2014Flash FloodMoonshine Hill$100,000Heavy rain caused flooding to enter homes in the Aldine Bender area. There were several flooded roadways in and around the northern Houston area, generally located inside the Sam Houston Beltway. Some notable one hour rainfall rates were 4.16 inches at Greens Bayou and Highway 59 and 3.96 inches at Jefferson and Highway 59.
September 2013LightningMoonshine Hill$9,000Lightning struck a gas tanker truck causing it to fall over in the road, spilling gas. A Shelter in Place order was issued.
March 2009HailMoonshine Hill$8,000Golf ball-sized hail was reported at the intersection of Atascocita and Wilson Road.

Every storm 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
Intercontinental Village0.8 miles16
Riverside Crest0.9 miles19
Belleau Wood1.0 miles19
Humble1.4 miles17
North Shore1.8 miles19
Belleau Wood East2.1 miles16
Atascocita West2.3 miles19
Timber Forest2.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1341859. 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.