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Southwyck, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Alvin-Pearland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77584. It stands on North Fork Marys Creek. The Survey maps it on the Pearland quadrangle.

Southwyck within Brazoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 13 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

68 since 2007

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 68 fires within 5 miles of Southwyck between 2007 and 2020, burning about 358 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 3 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 burning28
Missing data/not specified/undetermined24
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Recreation and ceremony2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking2
Natural1

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
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047, E055
23 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
22 August 2013Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBURN PILE/ TREES, LIMBS,ETC

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazoria 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 Southwyck: 1 occurrence. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Halite. 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
Manvell Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1929

Every working recorded in Brazoria 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
Lakepointe0.4 miles13
Sedgewood0.5 miles13
Fairway Village0.6 miles13
Meadowview1.0 miles13
West Lea1.5 miles13
Westchester Estates1.6 miles13
Waterbury1.6 miles13
Ravenwood Estates1.8 miles13

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 Q122554094The 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 2472653. 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.