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Wooster, Texas

17 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1916 and the latest in 1995. It stands in the Baytown census division. It lies in ZIP code area 77520. It lies near Goat Island. The Survey maps it on the Highlands quadrangle.

Wooster within Harris County

Topographic sheets covering this place

12 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.

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Wooster: 2 producers, 1 plant, 1 past producer. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, 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
(Facility) Exxon Baytown RefinerySulfurPlant
Baytown Sulfur PlantSulfurProducer
Highlands Dredge & PlantSand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer
Mantooth Dredge & PlantSand 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
Brownwood0.9 miles16
Decker Terrace1.9 miles17
Coady2.2 miles17
Country Club Oaks2.3 miles15
Lynchburg Landing2.4 miles17
Quail Hollow2.4 miles15
Lynchburg2.4 miles17
Four Corners2.5 miles17

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1377710. 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.

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.