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Adkins, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78101. The Survey maps it on the Saint Hedwig quadrangle. It stands 558 feet above sea level.

Adkins within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

5 surveys from 10 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

83 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 83 fires within 5 miles of Adkins between 2006 and 2015, burning about 982 acres in total. 1 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 burning31
Missing data/not specified/undetermined26
Equipment and vehicle use16
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
9 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD131577
7 September 2015Debris and open burning2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROSEWOOD
23 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 87E
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTUART ROAD
10 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use15 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD131590
9 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMANROE FIRE
8 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8389 E LOOP 1604

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Adkins: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Cantu PitsClayPast ProducerClay
Padalecki PitClayPast Producer
Padelecki PitClayProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

4 since 2015

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Adkins in 4 storm reports between 2015 and 2021: 1 thunderstorm wind, 1 hail, 1 lightning, 1 flash flood. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
April 2020LightningAdkins$50,000Lightning caused a natural gas explosion near the intersection of Hwy 87 and Loop 1604 in eastern Bexar County. The explosion was 200 yards by 200 yards. Evacuations were ordered within two miles of the blast and a shelter in place order within eight miles. There were no injuries, fatalities, or structures damaged.
May 2021Flash FloodAdkins-Thunderstorms produced heavy rain that led to flash flooding. A low water crossing in Sayers on Macaway Rd. near Rakowitz Rd. was flooded with three feet of water.
April 2020HailAdkins-A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail along Hwy 87 near Adkins.
April 2015Thunderstorm WindAdkins-There were uprooted trees reported at Oak Park Rd and Far East St east of Lone Oak, Texas.

Every storm recorded in Bexar 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
Lone Oak1.8 miles10
Saint Hedwig2.5 miles10
Sayers3.0 miles11
Martinez5.5 miles11
China Grove5.9 miles11
Boldtville6.9 miles11
Friendly Corner7.5 miles10
Kirby9.2 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on AdkinsAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q4683237The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1329227. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.