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Northgate Crossing, Texas

18 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 77373. It lies near Sam Bell Gully. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Northgate Crossing within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

173 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 173 fires within 5 miles of Northgate Crossing between 1992 and 2020, burning about 430 acres in total. 5 started naturally. 10 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/undetermined75
Debris and open burning52
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism10
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Natural5
Smoking4
Equipment and vehicle use2
Fireworks2
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 855
28 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service27547 REBECCA FIELD
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 941
25 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 426
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 September 2016Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceOAK CREST
16 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRILEY FUZZELL

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 Northgate Crossing: 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
Spring1.5 miles18
Lexington Woods2.2 miles18
Windsor Forest2.2 miles18
Spring Lakes2.3 miles18
Forest North2.4 miles18
Cypresswood Court3.3 miles18
Fox Hollow3.5 miles18
Oaks of Devonshire3.6 miles18

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 Q122566863The 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 2472157. 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.