Shannon Forest, Texas

17 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 77379. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle.

Shannon Forest within Harris County

On record in Shannon Forest

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 1 record

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Peter and Sophie Wunderlich Farmlisted 1997 · 0.6 miles away

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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.

1916 USGS Louetta quadrangle1:24000
1920 USGS Louetta quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1962 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000, 4 printings
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Tomball quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

26 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Shannon Forest between 1992 and 2016, burning about 368 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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 burning	7
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Misuse of fire by a minor	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Recreation and ceremony	1
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
13 August 2000	Misuse of fire by a minor	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CONROE - 281
27 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
28 May 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	407 FIRE
7 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	201115195
27 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	201118380
22 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	201117638
17 April 2011	Debris and open burning	6.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 279
16 April 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	45 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 269

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 Shannon Forest: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
	Forest Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Klein	0.9 miles	17
Oakwood Glen	2.0 miles	17
Wimbledon Estates	2.0 miles	17
Spring Creek Forest	2.2 miles	17
Louetta	2.3 miles	17
Bridgestone West	2.5 miles	17
Terranova	2.7 miles	18
Wimbledon Champions	2.7 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472625. 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.