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Woodglen, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Houston census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77078. The Survey maps it on the Settegast quadrangle.

Woodglen within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

11 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

104 since 1992

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 104 fires within 5 miles of Woodglen between 1992 and 2020, burning about 486 acres in total. None started naturally. 3 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 burning50
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Smoking2

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
30 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE032
26 September 2005Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE056
10 September 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE041
8 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.1 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceB032, B035, E032, E035, E043
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceARS747, ARS748, E043
6 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceE056

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 Woodglen: 4 producers, 1 unknown. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Calcium. 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
Champion PaperCalciumProducer
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Cordell Pit & PlantClayProducer
Houston Clay Pit and PlantClayUnknown
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

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
Kentshire Place0.3 miles17
Chatwood Place1.1 miles17
Knollwood Estates1.5 miles17
Settegast1.9 miles17
Redwood Estates2.0 miles14
East Houston2.1 miles17
Parkway2.1 miles14
Dyersdale2.3 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2472475. 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.