BlockPerry Landing, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1974. It stands in the Brazoria-West Columbia census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77541. The Survey maps it on the Jones Creek quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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.
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000
- 1951 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1958 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
- 1963 USGS Jones Creek quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1974 USGS Bay City quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
5 since 2008Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Perry Landing between 2008 and 2011, burning about 118 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 496 |
| 4 July 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 310 |
| 3 February 2009 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEVEN F AUSTIN |
| 30 November 2011 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | MCKNIGHT |
| 6 January 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Perry Landing: 2 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, General, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Allen Dome Prospect | Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, General | Occurrence | 1927 | |
| Clemens Dome | Sulfur | Unknown | ||
| Miller Sand Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Moller Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jones Creek | 2.0 miles | 9 | |
| Oakland | 2.6 miles | 9 | |
| Hinkles Ferry | 4.2 miles | 8 | |
| Gulf Park | 4.2 miles | 9 | |
| Lake Jackson | 4.7 miles | 13 | |
| Churchill | 4.8 miles | 8 | |
| Lake Jackson Farms | 5.4 miles | 13 | |
| Clute | 5.7 miles | 13 |
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 Q122543564 | 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 1365081. 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.