South Houston Gardens, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77017. The Survey maps it on the Park Place quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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.
- 1915 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1922 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Park Place quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 2019Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of South Houston Gardens between 2019 and 2020, burning about 18 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 45 |
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 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E052, E093 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E070 |
| 13 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E023 |
| 12 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E061 |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E093 |
| 11 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E052 |
| 9 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A36D26D70E29E36E52E61FM22HM2022L29L61M70SF24 |
| 4 July 2020 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.1 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | B093 D070 E070 E093 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
10 of 18 shownRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 18 workings within 5 miles of South Houston Gardens: 16 producers, 1 occurrence, 1 plant. 17 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Clay, Sulfur. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| South Houston Salt Dome | Halite | Occurrence | 1934 | |
| (Facility) Atlantic Richfield Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Charter International Oil Co | Sulfur | Producer | ||
| Galena Park Gypsum Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Ideal Cement Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Lone Star Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| U S Gypsum Calcining Plant | Gypsum-Anhydrite | Producer | ||
| Fellow Road Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Genoa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gulf Freeway Oaks | 0.7 miles | 16 | |
| South Houston | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| Freeway Manor | 1.0 miles | 13 | |
| East Haven | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Glenbrook Valley | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Sun Valley | 1.7 miles | 13 | |
| Meadow Creek Village | 1.9 miles | 13 | |
| Saint Rosa | 2.3 miles | 16 |
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 Q122558777 | 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 2472644. 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.









