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Tarrytown, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Pasadena census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77502. The Survey maps it on the Pasadena quadrangle.

Tarrytown within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

10 surveys from 13 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

25 since 2014

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 25 fires within 5 miles of Tarrytown between 2014 and 2020, burning about 17 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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/undetermined24
Debris and open burning1

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
5 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE052, E093
14 August 2014Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE070
13 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE023
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE093
11 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE052
9 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceA36D26D70E29E36E52E61FM22HM2022L29L61M70SF24
4 July 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE029

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 23 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 23 workings within 5 miles of Tarrytown: 18 producers, 3 plants, 1 occurrence, 1 past producer. 21 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Phosphorus-Phosphates, 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
(Facility) Atlantic Richfield RefinerySulfurPlant
Galena Park MillBarium-BariteProducer
South Houston Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1934
Deepwater Clay PitClayProducer
Galena Park Gypsum PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Ideal Cement Clay PitClayProducer
U S Gypsum Calcining PlantGypsum-AnhydriteProducer
Houston PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ideal Cement Plant No 2Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Ideal Cement Plant No. 1Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

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
Parkview Manor0.6 miles13
Parkview Estates0.9 miles13
Stadium Estates0.9 miles13
Pasadena1.0 miles13
Easthaven1.1 miles13
Preston Manor1.3 miles13
Revlon1.6 miles13
Preston Villa1.7 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472685. 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.