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Pittsville, Texas

19 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77339. The Survey maps it on the Moonshine Hill quadrangle.

Pittsville within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 19 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

142 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 142 fires within 5 miles of Pittsville between 1992 and 2020, burning about 596 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 24 were 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 burning61
Missing data/not specified/undetermined40
Arson/incendiarism24
Misuse of fire by a minor8
Equipment and vehicle use4
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Natural2
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE12
3 September 2000Natural7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 372
27 September 1993Arson/incendiarism20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 September 2015Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL & DALE
2 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE102
2 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceEAST HAMMOND
19 September 2000Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 412
17 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE101

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Pittsville: 7 producers, 1 occurrence. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-Anhydrite, Silica. 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
Humble Dome ProspectSulfur, Halite, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Gypsum-AnhydriteOccurrenceAnhydrite, Gypsum, Halite
Vestal PitSilicaProducer
Bishop Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Dewey's Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Fred Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Merimon Dredge & PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pitts LeaseSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Yancy Pit & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
River Club Estates1.5 miles15
Timberlane Acres1.7 miles19
Oak Terrace2.0 miles19
Shadow Lake Estates2.5 miles19
Porter2.8 miles19
Adams Oaks3.0 miles19
New Caney6.5 miles13
Porter Heights7.4 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378875. 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.