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Windsong, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1929 and the latest in 1984. It stands in the Texas City-League City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77546. The Survey maps it on the Algoa quadrangle.

Windsong within Galveston County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 15 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

26 since 2008

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 26 fires within 5 miles of Windsong between 2008 and 2014, burning about 40 acres in total. 1 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
Debris and open burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Arson/incendiarism1
Natural1

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
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
9 July 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service2013018
2 July 2014Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9059
1 July 2011Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUTUAL AID GRASS FIRE
1 July 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9052
30 June 2009Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service9050
27 June 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service11-0000383

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Galveston 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 Windsong: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Ideal Basic Industries IncClayProducer
Shelton Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer

Every working recorded in Galveston 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
Mission Estates0.8 miles15
Sun Meadow0.8 miles15
Mustang Meadows0.9 miles18
Glenshannon0.9 miles18
Carmel Village1.0 miles15
Wilderness Trails1.1 miles18
Falcon Ridge1.1 miles15
Keystone Meadows1.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472462. 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.