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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.

San Joaquin Estates within Galveston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

21 since 2004

Regional 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 burning12
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
1 July 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
3 June 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE OF TEXAS-HWY 84 & AVE E
27 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000383
24 June 2009Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9046
20 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceFRIENDSWOOD
15 June 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
9 May 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9035
31 May 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013009

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Galveston County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Ideal Basic Industries IncClayProducer
Flora PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shelton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Galveston 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
El Dorado0.4 miles15
Mission Estates0.6 miles15
Carmel Village0.7 miles15
Rancho Viejo1.0 miles15
Sun Meadow1.0 miles15
Windsor Estates1.3 miles15
Falcon Ridge1.3 miles15
Windsong1.3 miles15

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 Q122559641The 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.