Bulverde South, Texas

15 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1920 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Canyon Lake census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78163. The Survey maps it on the Anhalt quadrangle. The federal gazetteer marks this settlement historical: it is no longer a populated place, though the surveys that recorded it still are.

Bulverde South within Comal County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 15 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.

1920 USGS Smithsons Valley quadrangle1:62500
1927 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
1929 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500
1940 USGS Smithson Valley quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
1964 USGS Anhalt quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings

Fires near this place

84 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 84 fires within 5 miles of Bulverde South (historical) between 2005 and 2012, burning about 246 acres in total. None started naturally. 4 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	33
Debris and open burning	23
Equipment and vehicle use	11
Smoking	7
Arson/incendiarism	4
Power generation/transmission/distribution	3
Recreation and ceremony	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
4 September 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	TIMBERLINE FIRE
18 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	09-0091993
16 September 2008	Recreation and ceremony	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
15 September 2009	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	09-0091695
8 August 2009	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	SMITHSON VALLEY FIRE
8 August 2009	Equipment and vehicle use	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	09-0080897
7 August 2010	Smoking	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	BULVERDE CROSSING
23 August 2011	Power generation/transmission/distribution	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	HIGH RIDGE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Comal 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
Bulverde	1.5 miles	11
Anhalt	2.6 miles	15
Bulverde East (historical)	3.0 miles	15
Honey Creek	4.0 miles	10
Bulverde West (historical)	4.2 miles	10
Oak Cliff Acres	4.5 miles	10
Smithson Valley	6.7 miles	15
Silver Hills	8.3 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1802689. 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.