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Waterbury, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Alvin-Pearland census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77584. The Survey maps it on the Almeda quadrangle.

Waterbury within Brazoria County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 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

60 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Waterbury between 2005 and 2020, burning about 148 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning24
Missing data/not specified/undetermined22
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Arson/incendiarism2
Misuse of fire by a minor2
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
13 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
11 September 2008Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 September 2014Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047, E055
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024, E47

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brazoria County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Waterbury: 1 occurrence, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Halite, 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Commercial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Manvell Salt DomeHaliteOccurrence1929

Every working recorded in Brazoria 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
Meadowview0.9 miles13
Fairway Village1.1 miles13
Lakepointe1.3 miles13
Southwyck1.6 miles13
Sedgewood1.7 miles13
Southdown1.9 miles13
Lakes of Country Place2.3 miles13
Country Place2.4 miles13

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472403. 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.