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Providence, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Sugar Land census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77083. The Survey maps it on the Clodine quadrangle.

Providence within Fort Bend County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 14 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

30 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 30 fires within 5 miles of Providence between 2011 and 2020, burning about 1,664 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined25
Debris and open burning2
Arson/incendiarism2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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 2013Arson/incendiarism1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service309 CR. 4360
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6000 FOREST
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1,622 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGEORGE BUSH PARK
27 August 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceW PENNINGTON
26 July 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
24 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075
20 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE075

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Providence: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Clodine PitClayProducerSedimentary
Clodine PitClayProducer

Every working recorded in Fort Bend 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
Waterford0.4 miles14
Kings Landing0.5 miles14
Mission Glen0.5 miles14
Dover0.7 miles14
Four Corners1.0 miles14
Mission Bend1.2 miles14
San Miguel1.3 miles14
Chelsea at Mission Bend1.5 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471820. 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.