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Ridgemont, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Stafford-Missouri City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77053. The Survey maps it on the Almeda quadrangle.

Ridgemont within Fort Bend County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

46 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 46 fires within 5 miles of Ridgemont between 2005 and 2020, burning about 412 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined39
Debris and open burning4
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047, E080
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
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 ServiceE080
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024, E47
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 Fort Bend County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Ridgemont: 3 producers, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Halite, Bromine, Salt, Halite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Blue Ridge DivisionSaltProducer
Blue Ridge MineHalite, BromineProducer1903
Commercial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Pierce Junction MineHalitePast Producer1902

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
Briarvilla0.8 miles13
Briar Vista0.8 miles13
Ridgegate0.8 miles13
Hobby1.7 miles13
Chasewood2.6 miles11
Quail Glen3.0 miles11
Hunters Glen3.2 miles11
Fresno3.6 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471848. 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.