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Spring Lakes, Texas

18 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 77373. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Spring Lakes within Harris County

On record in Spring Lakes

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.

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

118 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 118 fires within 5 miles of Spring Lakes between 1993 and 2020, burning about 703 acres in total. 4 started naturally. 9 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/undetermined49
Debris and open burning33
Misuse of fire by a minor12
Arson/incendiarism9
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Natural4
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3

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
3 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined15 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 834
28 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service27547 REBECCA FIELD
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 941
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRILEY FUZZELL
16 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1200 RILEY FUZZEL

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Spring Lakes: 2 producers, 1 past producer. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Aluminum. 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
Forest Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Watson Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Spring1.0 miles18
Cypresswood Court1.2 miles18
Lexington Woods1.3 miles18
Oaks of Devonshire1.8 miles18
Timber Lane2.0 miles18
Windsor Forest2.1 miles18
Northgate Crossing2.3 miles18
Northland Shopping Center2.3 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472659. 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.