San Joaquin Estates, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77546. The Survey maps it on the Algoa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 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.
- 1929 USGS Algoa quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Algoa quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Algoa quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1984 USGS Angleton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
21 since 2004Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of San Joaquin Estates between 2004 and 2014, burning about 43 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 12 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 July 2011 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE |
| 3 June 2013 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | STATE OF TEXAS-HWY 84 & AVE E |
| 27 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 11-0000383 |
| 24 June 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9046 |
| 20 June 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRIENDSWOOD |
| 15 June 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 9 May 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 9035 |
| 31 May 2013 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2013009 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
3 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of San Joaquin Estates: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ideal Basic Industries Inc | Clay | Producer | ||
| Flora Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Shelton Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Dorado | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Mission Estates | 0.6 miles | 15 | |
| Carmel Village | 0.7 miles | 15 | |
| Rancho Viejo | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Sun Meadow | 1.0 miles | 15 | |
| Windsor Estates | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Falcon Ridge | 1.3 miles | 15 | |
| Windsong | 1.3 miles | 15 |
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 Q122559641 | The 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 2471874. 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.






