Terranova, 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 77379. It lies near Theiss Gully. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Terranova within Harris County

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.

1916 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1920 USGS Spring quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
1960 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1982 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000
1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
1995 USGS Spring quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

31 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 31 fires within 5 miles of Terranova between 1992 and 2017, burning about 396 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined	10
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	5
Misuse of fire by a minor	4
Smoking	2
Equipment and vehicle use	2
Recreation and ceremony	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
3 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	15 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 834
25 September 1993	Misuse of fire by a minor	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
27 July 1998	Arson/incendiarism	5.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
24 July 1995	Debris and open burning	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
17 May 1996	Arson/incendiarism	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
16 May 2011	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Livingston Area	LIVINGSTON - 400
8 April 2011	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	201115357
7 April 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	201115195

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Terranova: 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
	Forest Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Bammel Forest	0.7 miles	18
Oakwood Glen	0.8 miles	17
Cypress Villas	0.9 miles	18
Wimbledon Champions	0.9 miles	17
Spring Creek Forest	1.1 miles	17
Ponderosa Forest	1.1 miles	18
Cypresswood	1.2 miles	18
Wimbledon Estates	1.3 miles	17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472688. 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.