BlockTreichel, Texas
14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Northwest Harris census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77377. The Survey maps it on the Rose Hill quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 14 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 Rose Hill quadrangle1:24000
- 1920 USGS Rose Hill quadrangle1:31680
- 1954 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Rose Hill quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1984 USGS Beaumont quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS Conroe quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
45 since 1992Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Treichel between 1992 and 2011, burning about 362 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 7 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 7 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 2 |
| Natural | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 September 1997 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 1992 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 11 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 1 September 1997 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 23 August 2011 | Natural | 2.0 acres | Livingston Area | LIVINGSTON - 754 |
| 13 August 2000 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONROE - 284 |
| 28 July 1994 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
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 Treichel: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Perlite. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Perlite of Houston Plant | Perlite | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tomball | 2.2 miles | 17 | |
| Rose Hill | 2.9 miles | 14 | |
| Canyongate | 3.4 miles | 17 | |
| Albury Manor | 3.6 miles | 17 | |
| Three Lakes East | 3.9 miles | 17 | |
| Hufsmith | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Northpointe East | 4.0 miles | 17 | |
| Waldenwood | 4.1 miles | 17 |
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 Q122549101 | 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 1379173. 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.