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Rotherwood, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77389. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Rotherwood within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

73 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 73 fires within 5 miles of Rotherwood between 1993 and 2020, burning about 533 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 were 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
Debris and open burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Arson/incendiarism6
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Smoking1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 941
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLEN LOCH DR
19 August 2020Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceTANGLE BRUSH DR
19 August 1997Arson/incendiarism3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 281

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Rotherwood: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum. 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
Houston Plant BauxiteAluminumPast Producer

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
Avonak1.0 miles17
Fox Hollow1.0 miles18
Bridgestone Ranch1.3 miles18
Forest North1.4 miles18
Five Oaks1.7 miles17
Northampton Forest1.7 miles17
Windsor Forest1.9 miles18
Wellington1.9 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378989. 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.