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Northampton Forest, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77389. It lies near Hughes Gully. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle.

Northampton Forest within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

83 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Northampton Forest between 1993 and 2020, burning about 584 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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
Debris and open burning36
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Arson/incendiarism5
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Railroad operations and maintenance3
Recreation and ceremony3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2

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
6 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLEN LOCH DR
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTANGLE BRUSH DR
13 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 281

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 Northampton Forest: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Houston Plant BauxiteAluminumPast Producer

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
Wellington0.2 miles17
Five Oaks0.8 miles17
Avonak0.8 miles17
Fox Hollow1.2 miles18
Willow1.2 miles17
Rotherwood1.7 miles18
Willow Forest2.1 miles17
Londonderry2.2 miles17

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikidata item Q122555551The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472152. 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.