Bader, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Castroville-LaCoste census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78861. The Survey maps it on the Castroville quadrangle.

Bader within Medina County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Castroville quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

53 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 53 fires within 5 miles of Bader between 2006 and 2020, burning about 626 acres in total. None started naturally. None was 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/undetermined	19
Equipment and vehicle use	16
Debris and open burning	15
Power generation/transmission/distribution	2
Misuse of fire by a minor	1

The most recent of them, most recent first, with the day each was reported and the service that recorded it.

Date	Cause	Size	Reported by	Name on the report
9 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	ROBBINS PROPANE
27 September 2019	Equipment and vehicle use	30 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
18 September 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 4770
12 September 2011	Equipment and vehicle use	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	US 90 E HONDO
7 August 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 4617
6 August 2013	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 472
25 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	42 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	LUNDQUEST
19 August 2011	Debris and open burning	8.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	CR 467

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Medina 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 Bader: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Fidel Guerra Gravel Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
	Rosita Gravel Guerra Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer

Every working recorded in Medina 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Dunlay	2.5 miles	9
Castroville	4.2 miles	9
Quihi	4.2 miles	9
New Fountain	5.7 miles	9
Riomedina	6.0 miles	9
Noonan	7.6 miles	9
Pearson	8.3 miles	10
La Coste	8.7 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379377. 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.