BlockRivercrest, Texas
14 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 77042. It lies near Piney Point Gully. The Survey maps it on the Alief quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 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 Alief quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Sugar Land quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Alief quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Alief quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Alief quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
57 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Rivercrest between 2002 and 2020, burning about 62 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 | 56 |
| Smoking | 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 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E078 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E073 |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E010 |
| 20 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E002 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E010, E073 |
| 8 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E002 |
| 21 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E077 |
| 20 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E075 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Oaks of Woodlake | 0.4 miles | 14 | |
| Memorial Bend | 1.4 miles | 16 | |
| Buckner Haven | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Walnut Bend | 1.6 miles | 16 | |
| Frostwood | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Bunker Hill Village | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Piney Point Village | 1.8 miles | 16 | |
| Jeanetta | 1.8 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2471850. 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.