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New Territory, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Sugar Land census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77479. The Survey maps it on the Sugar Land quadrangle.

New Territory within Fort Bend County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 11 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

12 since 2010

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of New Territory between 2010 and 2015, burning about 72 acres in total. 1 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 burning4
Missing data/not specified/undetermined4
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service309 CR. 4360
3 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFIRE
2 August 2015Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWILDLAND/GRASS FIRE
25 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
6 June 2011Natural10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
29 June 2013Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service715 SECR 1190
8 May 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of New Territory: 4 past producers, 2 producers. 2 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
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
UnknownSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Unnamed Dredging CorporationSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand

Every working recorded in Fort Bend 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
Harlem1.7 miles11
Stratford Park2.6 miles14
Greatwood Trails2.8 miles11
Greatwood2.8 miles11
Hall Lake2.9 miles11
Greatwood Village3.0 miles11
Sugar Land3.0 miles11
Summerfield3.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1852742. 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.