BlockWestbank, Texas
16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77064. The Survey maps it on the Satsuma quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
10 surveys from 16 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 Satsuma quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1920 USGS Satsuma quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1950 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Addicks quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1970 USGS Satsuma quadrangle1:24000
- 1975 USGS Houston quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1982 USGS Satsuma quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1992 USGS Houston quadrangle1:100000
- 1995 USGS Satsuma quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
33 since 1997Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 33 fires within 5 miles of Westbank between 1997 and 2020, burning about 33 acres in total. None started naturally. None 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 |
| Debris and open burning | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E004 |
| 4 September 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E013, E067 |
| 24 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge | ROADSIDE |
| 4 August 1998 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 30 August 1997 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | E067 |
| 17 August 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | A77,D04,D05,E05,E49,E50,E77,L04,L77,M78,MPR66,SF57 |
| 1 August 2015 | Debris and open burning | 6.4 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 4514 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hudson | 0.4 miles | 16 | |
| Woodland Oaks | 0.8 miles | 16 | |
| Willowood | 1.1 miles | 16 | |
| Woodland Trails North | 1.2 miles | 16 | |
| Recreation Farms | 1.3 miles | 18 | |
| North Houston | 1.5 miles | 16 | |
| Inwood West | 1.6 miles | 18 | |
| Windfern Forest | 1.9 miles | 16 |
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 Q122566078 | 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 2472416. 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.