Songwood, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77013. The Survey maps it on the Jacinto City quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 surveys from 14 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.
- 1916 USGS Fauna quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Fauna quadrangle1:31680
- 1932 USGS Fauna quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Jacinto City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
81 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 81 fires within 5 miles of Songwood between 2005 and 2020, burning about 59 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 41 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 39 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E053 |
| 30 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 September 2005 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 10 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E041 |
| 8 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B032, B035, E032, E035, E043 |
| 5 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E039 |
| 2 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E041, E042 |
| 16 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E044, L044 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 30 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 30 workings within 5 miles of Songwood: 23 producers, 3 plants, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 26 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Armco Steel Corp | Iron | Producer | ||
| Champion Paper | Calcium | Producer | ||
| Houston Barite,Plant | Strontium, Bentonite, Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Cement Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Houston Barite Plant | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum Calcining Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jacinto City | 0.9 miles | 14 | |
| Market at Hunting Bayou | 1.0 miles | 14 | |
| Oates Prairie | 1.4 miles | 14 | |
| El Dorado | 1.6 miles | 17 | |
| Wallsville Gardens | 2.1 miles | 14 | |
| Woodland Acres | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Wynnewood Acres | 2.2 miles | 14 | |
| Greens Bayou | 2.3 miles | 14 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472641. 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.










