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Willow Forest, 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. It lies near Cannon Gully. The Survey maps it on the Tomball quadrangle.

Willow Forest 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

54 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 54 fires within 5 miles of Willow Forest between 1992 and 2020, burning about 618 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 burning25
Missing data/not specified/undetermined8
Arson/incendiarism5
Railroad operations and maintenance5
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony2
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
6 September 2005Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
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
20 August 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGLEN LOCH DR
13 August 2000Misuse of fire by a minor2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCONROE - 281

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 Willow Forest: 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 Place0.8 miles17
Willow1.0 miles17
Waldenwood1.2 miles17
Wimbledon Country1.4 miles17
Londonderry2.1 miles17
Northampton Forest2.1 miles17
Wellington2.2 miles17
Avonak2.4 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 Q122554710The 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 2472453. 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.