Rosslyn, Texas
15 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 77092. It stands on Cole Creek. The Survey maps it on the Houston Heights quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 15 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 Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1946 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Houston Heights quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
54 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Rosslyn between 1997 and 2020, burning about 21 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 | 53 |
| Debris and open burning | 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 | E004 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E013, E067 |
| 14 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E067 |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A5,D4,D5,E5,E50,E66,E77,L4,L38,M62,SF57 |
| 4 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E038 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A77, D005, E066, E077, HM1022, SF030 |
| 30 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E013 |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Rosslyn: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Vermiculite, Barium-Barite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chromalloy American Corp | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Vermiculite Products Plant | Vermiculite | Producer |
Storms near this place
5 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Rosslyn in 5 storm reports between 2009 and 2024: 4 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2012 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosslyn | $10,000 | Trees and fences were blown down across neighborhood causing damage to a brick wall in one location near the intersection of Tidwell and Bingle roads. |
| June 2013 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosslyn | $8,000 | Storm winds toppled a tree over onto a home and caused minor roof damage to a school. |
| May 2011 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosslyn | $1,000 | Trees were downed onto a roadway at three locations within Houston. |
| April 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Rosslyn | $1,000 | A tree was downed across the access road of Highway 290 near West 43rd. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Rosslyn | - | Half dollar to ping pong sized hail was observed near Highway 290. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest Pine | 0.2 miles | 15 | |
| Forest West Shopping Center | 0.5 miles | 15 | |
| Candlelight Oaks Village | 0.9 miles | 15 | |
| Magnum Manor | 1.1 miles | 15 | |
| Candlelight | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Lois | 1.3 miles | 16 | |
| Antoine Forest Estates | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Oak Forest | 1.5 miles | 15 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1375829. 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.
Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.










