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Pine Valley, Texas

16 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 77023. It lies near Kuhlman Gully. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.

Pine Valley within Harris County

On record in Pine Valley

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 3 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 16 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

80 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 80 fires within 5 miles of Pine Valley between 2000 and 2020, burning about 52 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/undetermined79
Debris and open burning1

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
9 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceD6,D8,E7,E8,E9,E16,E17,L6,L7,L16,M19,SF30
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE017
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE035, E055
25 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE017
4 August 2000Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 254
2 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceE025
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE023
10 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 16 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 16 workings within 5 miles of Pine Valley: 15 producers, 1 past producer. 15 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sulfur, Gypsum-Anhydrite. 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
Galena Park MillBarium-BariteProducer
Houston Cement PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Pasadena PlantPhosphorus-PhosphatesProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Charter International Oil CoSulfurProducer
Galena Park Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Houston Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
U S Gypsum Calcining PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Gulf Coast Clay PitClayProducer
Ideal Cement Clay 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
Brookline0.7 miles16
Golfview Manor0.9 miles16
Riverview0.9 miles16
Mayfair1.0 miles16
MacGregor Palms1.0 miles16
Golfcrest1.4 miles16
Kings Court1.4 miles16
Idylwood1.4 miles16

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471799. 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.