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Sun Meadow, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77546. The Survey maps it on the Algoa quadrangle.

Sun Meadow within Galveston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

28 since 2004

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 28 fires within 5 miles of Sun Meadow between 2004 and 2014, burning about 199 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Arson/incendiarism1
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
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013018
2 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9059
1 July 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
1 July 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9052
30 June 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9050
3 June 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTATE OF TEXAS-HWY 84 & AVE E

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Galveston 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 Sun Meadow: 3 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay. 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
Ideal Basic Industries IncClayProducer
Flora PitsSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Shelton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Galveston 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
Carmel Village0.3 miles15
Windsor Estates0.7 miles15
Mission Estates0.7 miles15
Windsong0.8 miles15
El Dorado1.0 miles15
San Joaquin Estates1.0 miles15
Mustang Meadows1.6 miles18
Falcon Ridge1.6 miles15

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 Q122568617The 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 2472676. 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.