BlockRed Fish Cove, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1933 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Galveston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77554. The Survey maps it on the San Luis Pass quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1933 USGS San Luis Pass quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS San Luis Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1943 USGS San Luis Pass quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1963 USGS San Luis Pass quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
2 since 1993Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 2 fires within 5 miles of Red Fish Cove between 1993 and 2003, burning about 8 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 | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 11 July 2003 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | ALLIGATOR LAKE |
| 23 January 1993 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4.0 acres | Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge | GATOR CUT |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bay Harbor | 2.8 miles | 14 | |
| Terramar Beach | 3.6 miles | 14 | |
| Sea Isle | 4.6 miles | 14 | |
| Jamaica Beach | 9.2 miles | 15 | |
| Anderson Ways | 15.4 miles | 15 | |
| Tiki Island | 17.0 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Terminal Junction | 17.6 miles | 15 | |
| Hitchcock | 17.8 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 Q122565374 | 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 1366147. 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.