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Westbury, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1915 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77035. The Survey maps it on the Bellaire quadrangle.

Westbury within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 11 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

57 since 2011

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 57 fires within 5 miles of Westbury between 2011 and 2020, burning about 20 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined56
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047, E080
5 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE073
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE073
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE010
28 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE048
16 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE021

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Westbury: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite. 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
Pierce Junction MineHalitePast Producer1902
Pugmill #3Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Walkers Sand IncSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

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
Southwood Place0.4 miles14
Parkwest0.4 miles11
Westbury South0.7 miles11
Main Street Gardens0.7 miles14
Northbrook0.9 miles14
Northfield0.9 miles14
Heakers1.0 miles11
Fondren Center1.3 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472419. 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.