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Northridge Park, Texas

18 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 77090. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Northridge Park 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

45 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Northridge Park between 1993 and 2020, burning about 327 acres in total. None started naturally. 6 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/undetermined27
Arson/incendiarism6
Debris and open burning6
Equipment and vehicle use2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.2 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB032, E032, E084
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 834
11 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use49 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 894
20 August 2011Arson/incendiarism8.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 743
8 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE084
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE074
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE064
29 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE064

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Northridge Park: 2 producers. 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
Forest Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watson Sand PitSand 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
Northview0.5 miles18
North Forest0.8 miles18
Bammel2.3 miles18
Bammel Timbers2.6 miles18
Chantilly Woods2.7 miles18
Glen Forest3.1 miles18
Weldon Pines3.2 miles17
Ponderosa Forest3.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472164. 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.