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Parkstone, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77450. The Survey maps it on the Addicks quadrangle.

Parkstone within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 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

20 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Parkstone between 2003 and 2020, burning about 1,673 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined16
Debris and open burning4

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
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6000 FOREST
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,622 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGEORGE BUSH PARK
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBENT SPRING COMMND
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBAKER ROAD
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceKATY FREEWAY
12 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMASON RD
4 July 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE090 L090
30 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined31 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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 Parkstone: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Clodine PitClayProducerSedimentary
Clodine PitClayProducer

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
Oak Park Trails0.5 miles14
Memorial Parkway0.6 miles17
Cimmaron South0.9 miles13
Cimarron1.2 miles13
Mason Park West1.4 miles17
Windsor Park Lakes2.0 miles17
Governor Place2.0 miles13
Parkway West2.4 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472203. 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.