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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.

Bexar within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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.

Photographs

8 of 15 photographs shown, 1940

Taken 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.

Highway in Bexar County, Texas, from an automobile
Highway in Bexar County, Texas, from an automobile
Lee, Russell, 1940. Library of Congress
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, Church, 6539 San Jose Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
John Ball House, 120 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
John Ball House, 120 King William Street, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Rectory, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, Rectory, Berg's Mill Community, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Menger Hotel, Alamo Plaza, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Fort Sam Houston, Headquarters of the Department of Texas, Commanding Officer's Quarters, 6 Staff Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Fort Sam Houston, Headquarters of the Department of Texas, Commanding Officer's Quarters, 6 Staff Post Road, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
Kelly Air Force Base, Cadet Barracks, 205 Gilmore Drive, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Kelly Air Force Base, Cadet Barracks, 205 Gilmore Drive, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
U.S. San Antonio Arsenal, Commanding Officer's Quarters, San Antonio Arsenal, San Antonio, Bexar County, TX
Photographer not recorded. Library of Congress

Every photograph of Bexar County

Fires near this place

272 since 2005

Regional 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 burning111
Missing data/not specified/undetermined107
Equipment and vehicle use23
Smoking20
Arson/incendiarism5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
8 September 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHEPHERD RD & HWY 35
4 September 2012Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSMOOT
22 September 2013Smoking1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMR. W
20 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWESLEY SHAW
2 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTEVENS RD
17 September 2016Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBOX HOUSE
12 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
3 August 2009Debris and open burning2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest Service664 MARBACH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar 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 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 SiteCommodity StatusRecorded
Fm 1604 Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer
Meyer Pottery PitClayPast ProducerClay

Every working 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
Somerset1.6 miles10
Atascosa3.7 miles12
Von Ormy5.0 miles12
Garza Crossing5.6 miles13
Mann Crossing5.7 miles12
Oak Island6.8 miles9
Macdona6.9 miles12
Heafer9.8 miles13

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 BexarAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q113624888The 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.