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Windsor Forest, Texas

18 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 77388. The Survey maps it on the Spring quadrangle.

Windsor Forest within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 18 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

110 since 1993

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 110 fires within 5 miles of Windsor Forest between 1993 and 2020, burning about 406 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 7 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined47
Debris and open burning30
Misuse of fire by a minor11
Arson/incendiarism7
Smoking4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Natural3
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Fireworks1

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/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRAYFORD RIDGE
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 855
28 September 2020Misuse of fire by a minorunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service27547 REBECCA FIELD
27 September 2011Natural2.0 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 941
25 September 1993Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
16 September 2020Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRILEY FUZZELL
16 September 2020Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1200 RILEY FUZZEL
1 September 2011Arson/incendiarism11 acresLivingston AreaLIVINGSTON - 820

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Harris 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 Windsor Forest: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Aluminum, 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
Forest Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Houston Plant BauxiteAluminumPast Producer

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
Forest North0.7 miles18
Cypresswood Glen1.7 miles18
Bridgestone Ranch1.8 miles18
Rotherwood1.9 miles18
Oaks of Devonshire2.0 miles18
Candlelight Hills2.1 miles18
Spring Lakes2.1 miles18
Fox Hollow2.2 miles18

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472465. 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.