Texas City Junction, Texas
15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77590. The Survey maps it on the Virginia Point quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
11 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.
- 1929 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1932 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:31680
- 1943 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1943 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:25000
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Galveston quadrangle1:100000
- 1994 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
- 1995 USGS Virginia Point quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
23 since 2011Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 23 fires within 5 miles of Texas City Junction between 2011 and 2020, burning about 76 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Smoking | 7 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 3042 CEDAR |
| 6 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR DR #2 |
| 2 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | FM 519 |
| 16 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 412 AVE D |
| 12 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2605 CORBETT |
| 1 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CEDAR DR |
| 16 August 2015 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SOUTH RIDGECREST FIRE |
| 9 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7100 GULF STREET |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Texas City Junction: 6 producers, 1 plant. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Clay, Vanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, Magnesite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Amoco Texas Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Bay Materials Co | Clay, Silica | Producer | ||
| Gulf Chemical and Metallureical Co | Vanadium, Tin, Molybdenum, Magnesite | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay | Producer | Clay, Sand | |
| Unnamed Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Baulch Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Hester Sand Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Clay, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayou Vista | 1.6 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City Terminal Junction | 1.9 miles | 15 | |
| La Marque | 2.1 miles | 15 | |
| Nadeau | 2.4 miles | 15 | |
| Heights | 2.7 miles | 15 | |
| Texas City | 3.1 miles | 15 | |
| Virginia Point | 3.8 miles | 15 | |
| Tiki Island | 3.8 miles | 15 |
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 Q122594034 | 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 1380649. 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.










