BlockPeterson Landing, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1943 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Alvin-Pearland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77577. It stands on Perry Bayou. The Survey maps it on the Hoskins Mound quadrangle. It stands 7 feet above sea level.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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 Chocolate Bay quadrangle1:24000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS Hoskins Mound quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
5 since 1998Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 5 fires within 5 miles of Peterson Landing between 1998 and 2013, burning about 1,393 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 August 2005 | Natural | 62 acres | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | CHOCOLATE BAYOU |
| 12 August 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | GAYLEN'S PEN |
| 21 June 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | under an acre | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | HAM |
| 3 March 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 1,300 acres | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | CHOCOLBAY |
| 19 March 2009 | Debris and open burning | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 171 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Liverpool | 4.4 miles | 11 | |
| Chocolate Springs | 4.6 miles | 11 | |
| Chocolate Bayou | 5.1 miles | 11 | |
| Danbury | 6.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hoskins | 7.5 miles | 10 | |
| Port Morris | 10.2 miles | 11 | |
| Hillcrest | 10.4 miles | 10 | |
| Mims | 11.2 miles | 12 |
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 Q122563529 | 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 1380345. 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.