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Waldenwood, Texas

17 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 77375. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle.

Waldenwood within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 17 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

50 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 50 fires within 5 miles of Waldenwood between 1992 and 2016, burning about 612 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
Debris and open burning23
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Railroad operations and maintenance6
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Recreation and ceremony2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
20 September 2005Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 1997Misuse of fire by a minor1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
4 August 1998Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
13 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 281
5 July 2000Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 184
27 July 1998Arson/incendiarism5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
20 July 1996Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

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 Waldenwood: 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Perlite of Houston PlantPerliteProducer

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
Pinewood Place1.2 miles17
Willow Forest1.2 miles17
Albury Manor1.6 miles17
Wimbledon Country1.7 miles17
Willow2.1 miles17
Tomball2.2 miles17
Hufsmith2.5 miles17
Londonderry2.6 miles17

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 Q122544407The 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 2472720. 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.