Old River Terrace, Texas
14 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. The Survey maps it on the Jacinto City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Fauna quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Fauna quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Fauna quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
9 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Old River Terrace between 2006 and 2019, burning about 65 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 2 |
| Smoking | 1 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Arson/incendiarism | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 878 |
| 11 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E053 |
| 25 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 May 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.6 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | NORTH CASTLEGORY RD FIRE |
| 25 May 2006 | Arson/incendiarism | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 130 |
| 5 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 98 |
| 28 April 2011 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 349 |
| 25 October 2011 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 1013 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Old River Terrace: 7 producers, 2 plants, 1 past producer. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Sulfur, 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel Corp | Iron | Producer | ||
| Deer Park Sulfur Plant | Sulfur, Chlorine | Producer | ||
| Wallisvill Road Barite Plant | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Judson Road Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Kaiser Cement Plant | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | ||
| Pasadena Fertitex Phos. Acid Pl. | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Past Producer | ||
| Pasadena Kerley | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | ||
| Pasadena Mobil Phos. Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer | 1966 | |
| Pasadena Phos-Acid Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Plant | 1991 | |
| Pasadena Plant | Phosphorus-Phosphates | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Delldale | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Monroe Place | 0.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sterling Forest | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Shadow Glen | 0.8 miles | 14 | |
| Channelview | 1.1 miles | 17 | |
| Channel Wood | 1.1 miles | 14 | |
| Lake View Homes | 1.4 miles | 17 | |
| Lakeside Park Estates | 1.4 miles | 17 |
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 Q122540315 | The 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 2472190. 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.










