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Sterling Green, 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 77530. It lies near Round Prairie. The Survey maps it on the Jacinto City quadrangle.

Sterling Green within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 surveys from 14 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

20 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Sterling Green between 2000 and 2020, burning about 82 acres in total. None 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Debris and open burning7
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking1

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
9 September 2011Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 878
31 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE053
28 June 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sterling Green: 6 producers, 1 past producer, 1 plant, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Phosphorus-Phosphates, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Iron. 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
Armco Steel CorpIronProducer
Champion PaperCalciumProducer
Wallisvill Road Barite PlantBarium-BariteProducer
Houston Clay Pit and PlantClayUnknown
Pasadena Fertitex Phos. Acid Pl.Phosphorus-PhosphatesPast Producer
Pasadena KerleyPhosphorus-PhosphatesPlant
Rightway PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary
Van Road Dredge & 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
Sterling Green South0.6 miles14
Sterling Forest1.0 miles14
Shadow Glen1.0 miles14
Old River Terrace1.6 miles14
Channel Wood1.6 miles14
Delldale1.8 miles14
Wood Forest North2.0 miles14
Cloverleaf2.1 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472666. 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.