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New Washington, Texas

17 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 77530. It stands on Carpenters Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Highlands quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

New Washington within Harris County

On record in New Washington

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 surveys from 17 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

1 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of New Washington (historical) in 2011, burning about 2 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
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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 878

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of New Washington (historical): 6 producers, 1 past producer. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Chlorine. 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
Deer Park Sulfur PlantSulfur, ChlorineProducer
Wallisvill Road Barite PlantBarium-BariteProducer
Baytown Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Highlands Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Judson Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Kaiser Cement PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Mantooth Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Lynchburg Landing0.8 miles17
Lakeside Park Estates1.1 miles17
Lake View Homes1.3 miles17
Channelview1.5 miles17
Monroe Place2.0 miles14
Brownwood2.4 miles16
Mantu2.5 miles17
Four Corners2.6 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034684. 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.