BlockRagus Lake Estates, 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 77498. The Survey maps it on the Clodine quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 14 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 Clodine quadrangle1:24000
- 1919 USGS Clodine quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sugar Land quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Clodine quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Clodine quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Clodine quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
18 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Ragus Lake Estates between 2011 and 2020, burning about 84 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/undetermined | 13 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2013 | Arson/incendiarism | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E073 |
| 4 September 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 309 CR. 4360 |
| 3 August 2014 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FIRE |
| 27 August 2014 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | W PENNINGTON |
| 24 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E075 |
| 14 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E076 |
| 13 June 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E076 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Ragus Lake Estates: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pugmill #3 | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Covington West | 0.7 miles | 14 | |
| Venetian Estates Section 2 | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pheasant Creek | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| Sugar Land | 1.5 miles | 11 | |
| Town West | 1.6 miles | 14 | |
| Hall Lake | 1.9 miles | 11 | |
| Village of Oak Lakes | 2.0 miles | 14 | |
| Four Corners | 2.3 miles | 14 |
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 Q122598218 | 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 2471828. 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.