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Wildheather, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77053. The Survey maps it on the Almeda quadrangle.

Wildheather within Harris 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

52 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 52 fires within 5 miles of Wildheather between 2000 and 2020, burning about 60 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/undetermined48
Debris and open burning3
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE080
24 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE047
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 ServiceE080
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE024, E47
9 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE046, E055

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Wildheather: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Halite, Bromine, Salt, 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
Blue Ridge DivisionSaltProducer
Blue Ridge MineHalite, BromineProducer1903
Pierce Junction MineHalitePast Producer1902
Commercial PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
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
Meredeth Manor0.5 miles13
Westbrook0.6 miles13
Dunbarton Oaks0.7 miles13
Almeda Manor0.7 miles13
Westhampton0.8 miles13
Almeda1.1 miles13
Pamela Heights1.4 miles11
Tiffany Gardens1.5 miles13

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 Q122553426The 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 2472443. 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.