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Mykawa, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77048. The Survey maps it on the Pearland quadrangle.

Mykawa within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

50 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Mykawa between 2007 and 2020, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceA036, E061
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE035, E055
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024, E47
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE046, E055
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE061
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE052
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceA36D26D70E29E36E52E61FM22HM2022L29L61M70SF24
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Mykawa: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fellow Road PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris County

Storms near this place

2 since 2020

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Mykawa in 2 storm reports between 2020 and 2026: 1 flash flood, 1 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
September 2020Flash FloodMykawa$100,000Numerous streets flooded, closed around Brookside Village.
February 2026Thunderstorm WindMykawa$42,000County officials reported damage to an apartment complex in the Crestmont Park area after severe storms moved through the area on Valentines day. Photos shared showed roofing and siding damage throughout most of the apartment complex. Peak wind speeds were estimated at 70 mph, based on ACT with 1 DOD.

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
Langston Place0.3 miles13
Val Verde East0.9 miles13
Skyscraper Shadows1.5 miles13
Allen Farms1.6 miles16
Almeda Genoa2.0 miles13
Kings Estates2.4 miles16
Kennedy Heights2.6 miles16
Minnetex2.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378724. 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.