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Spring Hills, Texas

18 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Southeast Montgomery census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77386. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Spring Hills within Montgomery County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

203 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 203 fires within 5 miles of Spring Hills between 1992 and 2020, burning about 787 acres in total. 7 started naturally. 12 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined78
Debris and open burning76
Misuse of fire by a minor16
Arson/incendiarism12
Natural7
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking4
Fireworks3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 855
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined77 acresLivingston AreaTAMINA FIRE
29 September 1993Arson/incendiarism30 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service27547 REBECCA FIELD
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 941
27 September 1994Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 426

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Montgomery County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Spring Hills: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Houston Plant BauxiteAluminumPast Producer
Sandco Inc PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Montgomery 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
Rayford0.5 miles13
Oak Ridge North3.0 miles13
Chateau Woods3.4 miles13
Sleepy Hollow4.1 miles13
Tamina4.1 miles13
The Woodlands4.3 miles13
Shenandoah4.5 miles13
Porter Heights5.9 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379102. 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.