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Reedwoods, Texas

11 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 77051. The Survey maps it on the Bellaire quadrangle.

Reedwoods within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

68 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Reedwoods between 2000 and 2020, burning about 56 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/undetermined67
Debris and open burning1

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
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE035, E055
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047, E055
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024, E47
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE046, E055
4 August 2000Debris and open burning40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 254
21 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Reedwoods: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Pierce Junction MineHalitePast Producer1902
Commercial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Walkers Sand IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Harris 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
Scottcrest0.4 miles16
Blueridge0.6 miles11
Carolina Gardens0.8 miles16
South Acres1.3 miles16
Sunny Side1.3 miles16
Myrtle1.4 miles11
Bayou Estates1.5 miles16
Paradise Valley1.5 miles16

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 Q122594764The 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 2471838. 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.