Bexar, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Antonio South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78069. The Survey maps it on the Somerset quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 printed sheetsMatched 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
- 1958 USGS Somerset quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Photographs
8 of 15 photographs shown, 1940Taken for the Office of War Information and the Farm Security Administration, who photographed the country between 1935 and 1944. Works of United States government photographers, with no known restriction on use. Each opens its catalogue record.
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Every photograph of Bexar County
Fires near this place
272 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 272 fires within 5 miles of Bexar between 2005 and 2019, burning about 3,432 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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 burning | 111 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 107 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 23 |
| Smoking | 20 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SHEPHERD RD & HWY 35 |
| 4 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SMOOT |
| 22 September 2013 | Smoking | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MR. W |
| 20 September 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | WESLEY SHAW |
| 2 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STEVENS RD |
| 17 September 2016 | Debris and open burning | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BOX HOUSE |
| 12 September 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 3 August 2009 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 664 MARBACH |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Bexar: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fm 1604 Quarry & Plant | Limestone, General | Producer | ||
| Meyer Pottery Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Clay |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset | 1.6 miles | 10 | |
| Atascosa | 3.7 miles | 12 | |
| Von Ormy | 5.0 miles | 12 | |
| Garza Crossing | 5.6 miles | 13 | |
| Mann Crossing | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Island | 6.8 miles | 9 | |
| Macdona | 6.9 miles | 12 | |
| Heafer | 9.8 miles | 13 |
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 Bexar | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q113624888 | The 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 1379416. 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.



