BlockTall Cedars, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Northeast Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77532. The Survey maps it on the Crosby quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 15 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1916 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1919 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:31680, 3 printings
- 1944 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:31680
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1967 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Crosby quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Tall Cedars between 1992 and 2019, burning about 96 acres in total. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 2 |
| Debris and open burning | 2 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.
| Date | Cause | Size | Reported by | Name on the report |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 August 1998 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 25 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 285 |
| 13 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 700 |
| 21 July 2000 | Railroad operations and maintenance | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 222 |
| 24 June 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 May 1998 | Arson/incendiarism | 40 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 27 May 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | B065, E065 |
| 2 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 101 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Tall Cedars: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendley Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Terramare | 0.4 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby Meadows | 0.8 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby Woods | 1.2 miles | 15 | |
| Heathergate | 1.4 miles | 15 | |
| Rustic Acres | 1.5 miles | 15 | |
| Happy Hideaway | 2.2 miles | 15 | |
| Crosby | 3.3 miles | 15 | |
| Shorewood | 3.5 miles | 18 |
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 Q122552883 | The 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 2472683. 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.