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77-712: American Potash and Chemical Company (sometimes abbreviated as AMPOT ) was a large chemical manufacturer in the United States from the 1920s through the 1960s. It produced various chemicals for US industry and the US military. It was bought by Kerr-McGee in 1967, which reformed it into the Kerr-McGee Chemical Corporation (KMCC) around 1970. The company started by producing borax and potash from Searles Lake , at Trona , California. During World War II it diversified to other chemicals. In 1948,

154-660: A Spanish language magazine that covers The Woodlands, as well as the Montgomery County Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. Many churches in The Woodlands area have some services in Spanish. In 2000, there were 55,649 people, 19,881 households, and 15,546 families. The population density was 2,328.4 inhabitants per square mile (899.0/km ).There were 21,014 housing units at an average density of 897.7 per square mile (346.6/km ). The racial makeup

231-465: A 7.5-acre (30,000 m ) tract from The Woodlands Land Company, to build a 800,000-square-foot (74,000 m ), 32-story headquarters building, to open in mid-2002. As of 2000, the Anadarko building was the largest office project in The Woodlands. In January 2012, Anadarko announced the imminent construction of a sister tower on site, 31 stories high, of which ten will be for parking. According to

308-477: A Hindu temple serving the northern part of Greater Houston , was scheduled to open in 2010. Another Hindu temple, Char Dham Hindu Temple, was founded by Surya Sahoo. Masjid al-Ansaar (Woodlands Islamic Center) of the Islamic Society of Greater Houston (ISGH) was created in 2009, and in 2019 it had 300 parishioners. It is in an unincorporated area outside of The Woodlands. As of 2017 about 10% of

385-588: A Special Award for Excellence in 1994 from the Urban Land Institute . The area that is now The Woodlands was used by the Akokisa and Bidai peoples, who relied on the fresh water of Spring Creek . In 1984, construction in the Indian Springs neighborhood near the creek discovered Bidai artifacts. The Woodlands was conceived after the oil industry investor George P. Mitchell attended

462-426: A distinguished landscape architect, teacher and author of the seminal work Design With Nature . In 2012, the U.S. Census Bureau designated the area around The Woodlands and Conroe as a "large urbanized transit area", defined as having over 200,000 residents, making it eligible to receive federal transportation funds. Mitchell's original plan was for The Woodlands to be annexed by the city of Houston. However, as

539-435: A household according to the 2020 census was $ 130,011. The per capita income is $ 67,290. About 3.9% of the population were below the poverty line. 97.8% of residents 25 years or older are high school graduates or higher. 64.3% of residents 25 years or older have a bachelor’s degree or higher. As of 2016 , there were almost 50 centers of worship in The Woodlands, occupying a total of 330 acres (130 ha) of land. As of 2011,

616-632: A large visible cloud leaving the plant. Production ceased immediately and the plant operations were suspended to never resume. In 1956 Kerr-McGee formed the Kermac Nuclear Fuels Corporation in partnership with Anderson Development Corp, and Pacific Uranium Mines Co. It was active in New Mexico. Some time in the 1970s, the Kerr-McGee Nuclear Corporation was formed. In 1983 it split into

693-677: A number of mines. It also bought an ore buying station at Shiprock, New Mexico . In 1953 it built a processing plant (called the Shiprock Mill ) near the buying station. In 1963 the mines and mill were sold to the Vanadium Corporation of America . Later a partnership with other companies was formed called the Kermac Nuclear Fuels Corporation. In 1957-58 this partnership built a uranium mill near Grants, New Mexico and Ambrosia Lake . In 1983

770-571: A press release from the company, site work had already begun and construction of the tower would be complete by 2014. The building is at the corner of Woodloch Forest Dr and Lake Robbins Dr. With its completed sister tower, Hackett Tower is the tallest building in Montgomery County and between Houston and Dallas. Chicago Bridge & Iron 's (CB&I) worldwide administrative office was in The Woodlands. In 2018 McDermott International , which acquired CB&I, announced that it would sell

847-585: A range of residential properties from single family to estates. The Town Center includes shopping and eating facilities, corporate offices, and a waterway modeled after the San Antonio River Walk . The Research Forest district includes a Park and Ride facility and The Woodlands Township Town Hall. The Woodlands has a humid subtropical climate, typical to the Southeast Texas region and Greater Houston . Temperature ranges are within

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924-691: A symposium by the Rouse Company subsidiary American City Corporation and developer of Columbia, Maryland , on how to develop new towns using the HUD Title VII program. It was dedicated by George P. Mitchell in 1974 and managed by The Woodlands Corporation as an extension of Mitchell Energy & Development. Mitchell, an oil businessman, planned to establish a conference center, hotels, office parks, retail malls, schools, large distribution centers, and golf courses. Houses would range from moderately priced to expensive and large. Bill Schadewald of

1001-606: A ten-minute walk of a park. The areas surrounding Spring Creek are protected as part of the George Mitchell Nature Preserve, a section of the larger Spring Creek Greenway, the "longest, connected, urban forested corridor in the nation." The northern part of the CDP borders on the W. Goodrich Jones State Forest. This forest, managed by the Texas A&;M Forest Service , serves as a vital habitat for

1078-674: A tribe required approval by the Secretary of the Interior and the district court agreed, granting the injunction. The tribe appealed to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals . The Ninth Circuit overruled the district court, finding no federal statute or regulation required such approval. Kerr-McGee then appealed to the Supreme Court, which granted certiorari and agreed to hear the case. The court decided unanimously that

1155-579: Is a special-purpose district and census-designated place (CDP) in the U.S. state of Texas in the Houston–The Woodlands–Sugar Land metropolitan statistical area. The Woodlands is primarily located in Montgomery County , with portions extending into Harris County . The Woodlands is governed by The Woodlands Township, an organization that provides municipal services and is administered by an elected board of directors. As of

1232-576: Is a special-purpose district created by the 73rd Texas Legislature in 1993, and is run by a seven-member board of directors who are elected directly by the residents of the township in an at large election, for two year staggered terms. Even though The Woodlands is not a city nor a traditional township government, it still provides limited municipal government services such as trash pickup, parks and recreation, covenant enforcement, fire and rescue services, streetscaping, economic development, and enhanced law enforcement and security patrols. Most students in

1309-537: Is affiliated with Reform Judaism . Its affiliated organizations are the Association of Reformed Congregations and the Union of American Hebrew Congregations . Chabad of The Woodlands was established in 2011 by Rabbi Mendel and Leah Blecher. It is a branch of the worldwide Chabad Lubavitch movement, offering traditional-style services to contemporary Jewish families. Chabad of The Woodlands inaugurated and sponsors

1386-539: Is at least partially responsible for large scale perchlorate water contamination first discovered in the Lower Colorado River in 1997; It stemmed from land used by a facility in Henderson, Nevada which was owned and operated by Kerr-McGee Chemical LLC (as of 2011 Tronox LLC), where perchlorate was produced from 1945 until 1998. In May 2007, Kerr-McGee Corp spent $ 18 million on pollution controls in

1463-475: Is in a heavily forested area, and much of the community has retained trees for shade and decoration. The terrain is essentially flat, with the exception of topographic variations ranging from 125 to 175 feet above sea level between Spring Creek and Flintridge Drive. The Woodlands is organized into eight villages , which are subdivided into neighborhoods. Each village features varying amenities including parks, hike and bike trails, golfing, commercial centers, and

1540-680: The Houston Business Journal said that Mitchell wanted the development to "entice city slickers looking for far-flung suburban quality of life". Schadewald said that local sources stated that the HUD New Town program , a federally funded program, had a "low survival rate" and questioned whether The Woodlands would succeed. The Woodlands Corporation was acquired on July 31, 1997, by a partnership between Morgan Stanley and Crescent Real Estate Equities. In December 2003, Rouse Company acquired Crescent's interest, and Rouse

1617-556: The Clean Air Act when it installed a new open hearth furnace in 1993. The company spent $ 4.8 million to install proper pollution controls at the facility reducing total carbon monoxide emission by 115 tons per year, an 80% reduction from previous levels. Kerr-McGee was involved in several nuclear endeavors. In 1952 Kerr-McGee bought the Navajo Uranium Mining Company , including an interest in

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1694-567: The False Claims Act ("FCA"). In the suit, Mr. Maxwell alleged that, based on the information uncovered during his audit, "Kerr-McGee knowingly made false and/or fraudulent statements on the monthly royalty reports submitted to the MMS and 'understated and underpaid' its federal royalties." In January 2007, after a full trial on the issues, Kerr-McGee was found by a jury to have failed to report earnings, and thus, under-paying royalties due to

1771-845: The Fast Flux Test Facility at the Hanford Site in Washington State. The plant shut down in 1976. In 1967 Kerr-McGee bought the American Potash and Chemical Company , which owned the Rare Earths Facility in West Chicago, Illinois . This facility produced thorium , radium , and uranium by acid leaching of monazite sands and other ores. It stopped work in 1973. In 1968 the company started construction on what would become

1848-539: The Mexican Drug War occurred. By 2006 the numbers of middle and upper class Hispanics and Latinos, including Mexican nationals, increased. Some of the residents were assigned to Houston by their companies. Some of them moved to The Woodlands to escape increased crime and political tensions from the Mexican presidential election and find better schools for their children. At the 2013–2014 school year, 22% of

1925-561: The Moroccan controlled area of the disputed territory of Western Sahara in 2001. In 2003, one of Norway's main private investment funds, Skagen Vekst , sold their €3.6 million stake in the oil company, referring to ethical problems surrounding Kerr-McGee's engagement in Western Sahara. In May 2005, despite the number of growing protests, the company renewed the contract signed with Moroccan authorities until October. In June 2005,

2002-548: The Navajo Tribal Council passed two tax ordinances. The first was a tax of 3% on leaseholds (such as mineral rights ) and the second was a 5% tax on business activity. Kerr-McGee held substantial mineral rights on the Navajo Nation and filed a lawsuit in the federal district court seeking an injunction to prohibit the tribe from collecting the tax. Kerr-McGee argued that any tax of non-Indians by

2079-628: The Norwegian government sold the $ 52.7 million it had invested in the company through the Government Petroleum Fund (one of the biggest investment funds of the world), characterizing Kerr-McGee's contract in Western Sahara as having " particularly serious violations of fundamental ethical norms ". That same month, another two Norwegian private investment funds ( Storebrand and KLP ) sold their participations on Kerr-McGee, €1 million and €1.45 million respectively. On May 2, 2006,

2156-841: The Quivira Mining Corporation and Sequoyah Fuels Corporation . Quivira got the Ambrosia Lake , NM mine, while Sequoyah Fuels took over the Sequoyah plant in Gore, OK , as well as the Cimarron plant in Crescent, OK . Sequoyah was sold to General Atomics in 1988. and Quivira was sold to Rio Algom in 1989. The Cimarron Corporation was a subdivision that took control of the Cimarron plant in 1988. When Tronox

2233-545: The Sequoyah Fuels Corporation plant in Gore, Oklahoma . In 1970 the plant started turning yellowcake uranium into uranium hexafluoride . In 1987 it began producing depleted uranium tetrafluoride using depleted uranium hexafluoride as input. In 1988 SFC was sold to General Atomics . In late November 1993 production ceased after a stuck valve in the processing plant stuck open and caused an uncontrolled reaction. The uncontrolled reaction resulted in

2310-611: The Trump Administration 's attitudes towards immigration and the decline in value of the Mexican peso were factors. By 2000, a significant amount of corporate office space was under construction. Of the 4,800,000 square feet (450,000 m ) of office space under construction in Greater Houston , over one third was in The Woodlands. On February 11, 1999, Anadarko Petroleum announced that it would purchase

2387-507: The 10th Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling of the lower court, remanding it back for further proceedings. On September 16, 2010, U.S. District Court Judge Marcia S. Krieger of Colorado ordered Kerr-McGee to pay treble damages, or almost $ 23 million. As a whistle-blower under the FCA, Mr. Maxwell would be entitled to twenty-five percent of the amount recovered for the government, or approximately $ 5.7 million. Per Mr. Maxwell, however, most of

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2464-684: The 1960s it bought a large interest in Compagnie des Potasses du Congo . In 1967 AMPOT was bought by Kerr-McGee. Around 1970 Kerr-McGee reorganized and AMPOT became the KMCC which in 2006 was spun off as Tronox . When AMPOT bought the Lindsay Chemical Company it also got the Rare Earths Facility in West Chicago, Illinois . This chemical corporation -related article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Kerr-McGee The company later known as Kerr-McGee

2541-733: The 1970s the company had a forest products division, and mineral mining in New Mexico, Arizona, and Idaho, and coal mining in Wyoming and Illinois. Most of the U.S operations were on land owned by the U.S. government (i.e. Bureau of Land Management , National Forest) and the Navajo Indian tribe. Kerr-McGee owned a potash operation in California from 1974 to 1990. Kerr-McGee had exploration, development, and production projects in Bohai Bay, China, near Beijing . Additional exploration

2618-462: The 2020 U.S. Census, the township had a population of 114,436 people. In 2021, The Howard Hughes Corporation estimated the population of The Woodlands was 119,000. The United States Census Bureau defines an urban area separate from the Houston urban area with The Woodlands as a principal city: The Woodlands– Conroe , TX urban area had a 2020 population of 402,454, making it the 103rd largest in

2695-613: The CDP. The racial makeup of The Woodlands in 2020 was 77.3% white (non-Hispanic and Hispanic or Latino), 4.2% Black or African American , 0.1% American Indian and Alaska Native , 6.7% Asian , 0.1% Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander , 9.1% two or more races , 17.9% Hispanic or Latino , and 67.9% white alone, not Hispanic or Latino. As of 2017 about 10% of the residents of The Woodlands were of Mexican origins; they numbered at over 10,000. In 2000, wealthy Mexicans began buying houses in The Woodlands for vacation purposes. Large numbers settled in The Woodlands from 2006 to 2014 as

2772-764: The Conroe School District for specific feeders. Magnolia High School serves pupils residing in May Valley, and Tomball High School serves pupils residing inside the Harris County portion. In 2023 TISD had plans to move middle school grades of the Creekside Village area to Tomball, but parents protested. The district shifted and decided instead to move the fifth grade to an addition at Creekside Park Junior High School. The directors of The Woodlands Township had asked that TISD not move

2849-616: The Houston area will relocate to the campus starting in 2014, with full occupancy by 2015. Other companies based in The Woodlands include Woodforest National Bank , Lexicon Pharmaceuticals , McKesson Corporation , Tetra Technologies, Rigaku , Cleaning Solutions, Huntsman Corporation , and Kroger Texas. Many wealthy Mexicans who settled in The Woodlands due to rising crime in Mexico had also established businesses in The Woodlands. Cultural events include: Each village in The Woodlands has its own shopping center. The Woodlands Township

2926-913: The Montgomery County portion attend schools in the Conroe Independent School District . Children residing in the May Valley neighborhood in Sterling Ridge Village attend schools in the Magnolia Independent School District . Children from the Creekside Park Village in Harris County attend the Tomball Independent School District . Montgomery County Memorial Library System operates two libraries in The Woodlands,

3003-798: The Navajo Nation had the right to tax Kerr-McGee because tribal authority to tax had already been recognized, and because no federal law prohibited exercising tribal sovereignty in enacting a tax. Main oil and gas operations in the US were the Mid-Continent, Rocky Mountains, onshore Louisiana, and offshore in the Gulf of Mexico. Main offices were located in downtown Denver and the Greenspoint area of Houston. Corporate headquarters were located in Downtown Oklahoma City . In

3080-633: The South Branch and the George and Cynthia Woods Mitchell Library. Most schools have the honored rank of an exemplary school, the highest school ranking in Texas. Texas students are administered the STAAR test, a review of general knowledge, which can determine students' promotion to the next grade level. The Woodlands High School (TWHS) serves the western portion of The Woodlands in Montgomery County. TWHS

3157-607: The State of Texas and the City of Houston, as Houston held extraterritorial jurisdiction over the area. In 2007, two state legislators representing The Woodlands, Sen. Tommy Williams and Rep. Robert Eissler, introduced two bills that were enacted in the 2007 Legislature – House Bill 4109 and Senate Bill 1012. HB 4109 called for a vote to allow expansion of an existing improvement district (now The Woodlands Township) and to allow The Woodlands to collect sales tax, while SB 1012 allowed for

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3234-688: The TownshipFuture PAC. In a referendum on November 2, 2021, residents voted against incorporation by a wide margin, keeping The Woodlands as a township for the foreseeable future. The Woodlands is primarily in Montgomery County , with a small portion in Harris County , bordering Houston . According to the United States Census Bureau , The Woodlands has an area of 43.9 square miles (113.6 km ), of which 43.3 square miles (112.1 km ) are land and 0.58 square miles (1.5 km ), or 1.32%, are water. The Woodlands

3311-417: The U.S. government. The jury award damages in the amount of US$ 7.6 million. Despite the jury's verdict, however, before entering judgment, the court reconsidered an earlier Motion for Summary Judgement filed by Kerr-McGee and reversed its prior holding, this time determining that the court lacked subject matter jurisdiction to hear the case at all. The case was appealed by Mr. Maxwell, and on September 10, 2008,

3388-466: The United States . The Woodlands is located 28 miles (45 km) north of Houston along Interstate 45 . Though it began as an exurban development and a bedroom community , it has also attracted corporations and has several corporate campuses, most notably Occidental Petroleum Corporation , Chevron Phillips Chemical , Huntsman Corporation , Woodforest National Bank , Baker Hughes , McKesson Specialty Health , and Halliburton . The community won

3465-670: The agreement required Kerr-McGee to pay a $ 200,000 penalty , and spend $ 250,000 on environmental projects to benefit the areas in which violations occurred. In July 2005, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) settled with Kerr McGee Chemical in Henderson, Nevada that required the company to pay $ 55,392 penalty to resolve air permitting violations at its facility that began in 1993. The EPA cited Kerr-McGee for failing to install carbon monoxide emissions controls required under

3542-464: The annual Hanukkah on Market Street celebration, and established the first Jewish preschool in the area. In 2011, there were 350 Hindu families in The Woodlands. In a 15-year period ending in 2011, the Hindu population in the Woodlands increased by 300%, and Kate Shellnut of the Houston Chronicle stated that according to "Hindu leaders" every year the Hindu population in The Woodlands grows by 20 to 25 families. The Hindu Temple of The Woodlands ,

3619-409: The assumption of $ 2.6 billion in debt. Kerr-McGee shareholders approved the offer on August 10, 2006, and Kerr-McGee ceased to exist independently. All operations with the exception of Tronox which had been spun off in 2005 moved out of Oklahoma . Within a few years, the top positions at Anadarko had been filled by Kerr-McGee employees and many long-time Anadarko employees had left or been removed from

3696-409: The base of operations in Denver , Colorado and added large resource areas throughout the Rocky Mountains . Until 2005, Kerr-McGee had two major divisions: chemical and oil-related. On November 21, 2005, its chemical division, based in Oklahoma City, was sold as an IPO , Tronox , thereby making Oklahoma City home to the administrative side of Kerr-McGee, while exploration and production management

3773-416: The community developed and grew, there was little support for that idea. In the middle part of the 2000s, some residents organized to prevent any annexation, as had happened to the Kingwood development almost a decade before. To counteract any possible move by the city, a movement began to create an independent city government. However, the formation of an independent government would require authorization by

3850-677: The community is majority Christian . As of 2018 , The Woodlands United Methodist Church had about 13,000 members in its congregation. It was established in 1978. Pastor Kerry Shook established Fellowship of The Woodlands Church, now known as Woodlands Church, in 1993. Its permanent church building opened on August 19, 2001. Church Project, which holds services in a former Kroger , had an average weekly attendance of 1,500 in 2014. As of 2018 Christ Church United Methodist has about 3,000 members. Circa 2012 Covenant United Methodist Church began its worship services at Timber Creek Elementary School, and by 2016 bought 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land near

3927-404: The company declared its intention to no longer drill off the coast of the Western Sahara, by not renewing the contract signed with Morocco. On June 14, 2004, Bobby Maxwell, a senior government auditor for the U.S. Department of the Interior's Minerals Management Service ("MMS"), filed suit in federal court on behalf of the U.S. Government against Kerr-McGee, under the whistle-blowing provisions of

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4004-477: The company was San Bernardino County 's second-largest employer, with 1,600 of Trona's 5,000 residents on the payroll. In the 1950s it bought Eston Chemicals, Western Electrochemical, and the Lindsay Chemical Company and further diversified its product line. During the Cold war era it produced ammonium perchlorate for U.S. missile industry, particularly for Falcon , Hawk , Minuteman , Nike Zeus , Pershing , Polaris , Scout , Sergeant , Tartar missiles. In

4081-408: The company, making the merger between Anadarko and Kerr-McGee a "wag the dog" transaction. Kerr-McGee v. Navajo Tribe , 471 U.S. 195 (1985), was a case in which the Supreme Court of the United States held that an Indian tribe is not required to obtain the approval of the Secretary of the Interior in order to impose taxes on non-tribal persons or entities doing business on a reservation. In 1978,

4158-410: The creation of regional agreements between governments. The passage of these bills allows an opportunity for The Woodlands to incorporate itself until 2057. Since 2019, there has been formal discussion of The Woodlands to become an incorporated city. However, as a result of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic , these plans were put on hold and resumed in April 2021. In 2020, residents of The Woodlands formed

4235-434: The endangered red-cockaded woodpecker . The Woodlands first appeared as a census designated place in the 1980 U.S. Census . At the 2010 U.S. census , there were 93,847 people living in The Woodlands. In 2021, its population was estimated at 119,000 per a survey by The Howard Hughes Corporation . According to the 2020 United States census , there were 114,436 people, 41,210 households, and 31,063 families residing in

4312-581: The entrance of Village of Creekside Park for a permanent 700-seat facility. On December 25, 2001, the Korean Community Church in The Woodlands, with Presbyterian Korean-language services and non-denominational English services, opened. It opened to serve ethnic Koreans in The Woodlands, Conroe , Huntsville , Kingwood , and Spring . Other Protestant or non-denominational Christian churches in The Woodlands include HopePointe Anglican Church, Lord of Life Lutheran Church, Trinity Episcopal Church, and Unity of The Woodlands. Saints Simon and Jude Catholic Parish,

4389-624: The first Catholic church in The Woodlands, was established circa 1980, with its 400 parishioners initially meeting at Knox Junior High School before moving into its permanent building in 1981. As of 2013 it had 3,800 families in its congregation. St. Anthony of Padua, another Catholic church, had 3,020 families in its congregation in 2006, and 5,700 families in its congregation in 2013. It operates St. Anthony of Padua Catholic School. There are two Jewish places of worship, traditional and reformed. Congregation Beth Shalom, established circa 1984 led by Rabbi Edwin C. Goldberg, has about 175 families, and

4466-433: The first companies to use drillships in the Gulf of Mexico, and later one of the first companies to use a Spar platform in the area. With the acquisition of the Oryx Energy Company of Dallas , Texas in 1999, Kerr-McGee gained more onshore assets, as well as significant assets in several foreign areas in Algeria and western Kazakhstan . Later acquisitions of HS Resources and Westport Resources Corp. established

4543-475: The first comprehensive settlement under the Clean Air Act that reduced harmful emission and conserved natural gas at production facilities across Utah and Colorado . The settlement addressed violations discovered at several of Kerr-McGee's natural gas compressor stations located on the Uintah and Ouray Indian Reservation near Vernal, Utah , and in the Denver Julesburg Basin near Weld County, Colorado . In addition to implementing pollution controls,

4620-419: The headquarters facility in The Woodlands to Howard Hughes Corporation . In 2000, work began on a 100,000 square feet (9,300 m ) building for Maersk Sealand . In 2011, ExxonMobil announced plans to construct a new complex on a 385-acre plot of land near the intersection of the Hardy Toll Road and Interstate 45 , which is in the Houston ETJ and might be annexed by Houston. About 10,000 employees in

4697-557: The mill was taken over by a new Kerr-McGee subsidiary called the Quivira Mining Corporation . Quivira was sold to Rio Algom in 1989. Kerr-McGee purchased the Lakeview Mining Company of Lake County, Oregon in 1961. The plant was shut down in late 1960 or 1961 and sold to Atlantic Richfield in 1968. From about 1962-1966 Kerr-McGee processed uranium at its oil refinery site in Cushing, Oklahoma . It received licenses in 1962 for processing uranium and thorium, and in 1963 for enriched uranium . In 1966 it stopped production. An attempt

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4774-435: The money awarded would go to pay the legal fees associated with his almost-10-year fight to force Kerr-McGee to change its deceptive practices and pay what it owed to the public. It is alleged that Karen Silkwood was negligently or purposefully contaminated with plutonium while working at Kerr-McGee's Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site and investigating safety violations at the plant. Her activism and November 1974 death were

4851-465: The residents of The Woodlands were of Mexican origins; they numbered at over 10,000. In 2000 wealthy Mexicans began buying houses in The Woodlands for vacation purposes. Large numbers settled in The Woodlands from 2006 to 2014 as the Mexican Drug War occurred. In 2017 many wealthy Mexicans in Texas were moving back to Mexico and fewer were moving to The Woodlands. The Rice University Baker Institute director, Tony Payán, stated that uncertainty regarding

4928-493: The students at Conroe Independent School District elementary and junior high schools in The Woodlands were Hispanic or Latin American. This was an increase from 10.5% in the 2005–2006 school year, and the percentages grew particularly in Glen Loch, Lamar, and Tough elementary schools. The 2013-2014 percentage in Conroe ISD schools in The Woodlands was below the overall Conroe ISD Hispanic average of 34.2%. The Hispanic and Latin American community has Viva! The Woodlands Magazine ,

5005-401: The subject of the 1983 film Silkwood . In a civil suit against Kerr-McGee by the Estate of Karen Silkwood, Judge Frank Theis told the jury, "If you find that the damage to the person or property of Karen Silkwood resulted from the operation of this plant, Kerr-McGee is liable." The jury rendered its verdict of $ 505,000 in damages and $ 10,000,000 in punitive damages. On appeal, the judgment

5082-419: The top decile for census-designated places in the United States. Winter daily highs average approximately 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15C), daily lows 40 degrees Fahrenheit (4C); summer daily highs average 94 degrees Fahrenheit (34C), daily lows 72 (22C) degrees Fahrenheit. It is part of Wind Zone 2 per the FEMA mapping chart. The Woodlands has 151 urban parks within its boundaries, with all residents being within

5159-424: Was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.78 and the average family size was 3.21. At the 2000 U.S. census , 31.8% were under the age of 18, 5.0% from 18 to 24, 30.5% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 7.6% were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females, there were 92.9 males; for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 88.5 males. The median income for

5236-528: Was 92.36% White, 1.75% Black, 0.29% Native American, 2.80% Asian, 0.05% Pacific Islander, 1.43% from other races, and 1.32% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 28% of the population. There were 19,881 households, out of which 47.1% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 69.2% were married couples living together, 7.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 21.8% were non-families. 19.1% of all households were made up of individuals, and 7.3% had someone living alone who

5313-613: Was bought by General Growth Properties on November 12, 2004. In 2011, The Woodlands was sold to the Howard Hughes Development Corporation. The land was previously occupied by the Grogan-Cochran Lumber Mill, hence Grogan's Mill and Cochran's Crossing neighborhoods, called "villages". The original planning utilized many of the planning concepts and design consultants employed in other well-regarded new communities of that era such as Columbia, Maryland , Irvine Ranch, California , and Reston, Virginia . The original development plan included environmental design principles espoused by Ian McHarg ,

5390-429: Was founded in 1929 as Anderson & Kerr Drilling Company by Oklahoma businessman-politician Robert S. Kerr (1896-1963) and oil driller James L. Anderson. When Dean A. McGee (1904-1989), a former chief geologist for Phillips Petroleum , joined the firm in 1946, it changed its name to Kerr-McGee Oil Industries, Incorporated. The company initially focused mostly on off-shore oil exploration and production, being one of

5467-426: Was located in Denver and Houston. Through acquisitions, for a time Kerr-McGee marketed products under the Deep Rock, Coast, Power, and Peoples brands in addition to its own. It also marketed Blue Velvet motor oil, a multiviscosity grade with a blue dyed anti-wear additive. On June 23, 2006, Anadarko Petroleum , based in The Woodlands, Texas , purchased Kerr-McGee in an all-cash transaction totaling $ 16.5 billion plus

5544-505: Was made to move all regulated nuclear material to the company's new Cimarron facility at Crescent, OK. Cleanups were attempted in 1966, 1972, 1979–82, and the 1990s In about 1965 Kerr-McGee started producing uranium fuel at its Cimarron Fuel Fabrication Site . This was located near the Cimarron River and Crescent, Oklahoma . From 1973 to 1975 it would also produce mixed Plutonium-Uranium Oxide (MOX) 'driver fuel pins' for use in

5621-613: Was planned for the South China Sea. These operations were run primarily from an office in Beijing . Kerr-McGee and its subsidiaries formerly operated in western Kazakhstan , western Australia, Brazil , Trinidad , Benin , the United Kingdom and several other more minor locations around the world at various times. Kerr-McGee received international criticism for undertaking exploration for hydrocarbon resources offshore

5698-430: Was ranked 626 on Newsweek 's 2012 list of America's Best High Schools. The Woodlands College Park High School , which opened in 2005, serves the eastern portion of The Woodlands in Montgomery County. TWCP was ranked 382 on Newsweek 's 2012 list of America's Best High Schools. College Park is also home to the  Conroe ISD Academy of Science and Technology , a science and technology based magnet program. Refer to

5775-474: Was reduced to $ 5,000. In 1984, the U.S. Supreme Court restored the original verdict ( Silkwood v. Kerr-McGee Corp. , 464 U.S. 283 (1984)). The suit was headed for retrial when Kerr-McGee settled out of court in 1986 for $ 1.38 million, admitting no liability. Gerry Spence , the noted trial lawyer from Jackson Hole, Wyoming , represented the Karen Silkwood estate in this litigation. Kerr-McGee

5852-494: Was sold to Anadarko Petroleum . Tronox later went bankrupt, blaming in part the environmental liabilities inherited from KMC. In 2009 purchasers of Tronox filed a class action lawsuit against Anadarko for having allegedly misled investors. In the US, nuclear companies must get licenses from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission . Kerr-McGee licenses follow: The Woodlands, Texas The Woodlands

5929-418: Was spun off in 2006, it would get ownership of Cimarron Corporation and responsibility for the plant as well. Kerr-McGee bought the American Potash and Chemical Company in 1967, including its Rare Earths Facility that processed uranium and thorium. AMPOT became Kerr-McGee Chemical Company around 1970 or 1974. In 2005 this became Tronox . Tronox became independent in 2006, a few months before Kerr-McGee

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