BlockPinemont Plaza, Texas
15 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 77091. It stands on Cole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Houston Heights quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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.
- 1915 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
68 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Pinemont Plaza between 1997 and 2020, burning about 31 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/undetermined | 66 |
| Debris and open burning | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E004 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E013, E067 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E067 |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A5,D4,D5,E5,E50,E66,E77,L4,L38,M62,SF57 |
| 9 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E030 |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E038 |
| 4 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E058 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Pinemont Plaza: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromalloy American Corp | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Vermiculite Products Plant | Vermiculite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Candlelight | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Candlelight Oaks Village | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Antoine Forest Estates | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Forest West Shopping Center | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Forest | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Sheraton Oaks | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Forest Pine | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Magnum Manor | 1.5 miles | 15 |
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 Q122555213 | 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 2471802. 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.