Camp San Saba, Texas
13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1887 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Brady census division. It lies in ZIP code area 76825. It stands on Katemcy Creek. The Survey maps it on the Katemcy quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 13 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.
- 1887 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000
- 1894 USGS Mason quadrangle1:125000, 4 printings
- 1954 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1955 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Llano quadrangle1:250000
- 1970 USGS Katemcy quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS Mason quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Camp San Saba between 2005 and 2016, burning about 746 acres in total. 5 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 | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 2010 | Natural | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID, MCCULLOGH CO/US87/NW CAMP SANSABA |
| 24 September 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 25 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MASON-MCCULLOCH |
| 24 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 35 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROADBECK |
| 8 August 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MUTUAL AID/MCCULLOCH CO/US87S |
| 25 August 2015 | Natural | 130 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BROOKS |
| 12 August 2016 | Natural | 275 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRADY CREEK RANCH |
| 8 July 2008 | Natural | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
7 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Camp San Saba: 7 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voca Frac Sand District | Sand and Gravel, Industrial/Frac Sand | Producer | ||
| Penn Glass Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| San Saba Quarry | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| San Saba Quarry | Silica | Producer | ||
| Texas Mining Corp. Sand Pit | Silica | Producer | ||
| Voca Pit & Plant | Silica | Producer | ||
| Voca Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Sedimentary |
Storms near this place
7 since 2012Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Camp San Saba in 7 storm reports between 2012 and 2024: 7 hail. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| April 2021 | Hail | Camp San Saba | $3,000 | The windshield of a motor vehicle was destroyed. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Camp San Saba | - | A storm chaser reported baseball size hail 7 miles west-northwest of Voca. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Camp San Saba | - | The public reported tennis ball size hail 5 miles west-southwest of Voca. |
| May 2024 | Hail | Camp San Saba | - | The public measured larger than 3 inch diameter hail 5 miles west-northwest of Katemcy. |
| March 2012 | Hail | Camp San Saba | - | Hail was reported on U.S. Highway 85, 5 miles south southeast of Brady. |
| April 2021 | Hail | Camp San Saba | - | no account filed |
| April 2021 | Hail | Camp San Saba | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Voca | 3.9 miles | 12 | |
| Brady | 10.5 miles | 13 | |
| Paul Junction | 11.2 miles | 13 | |
| Calf Creek | 11.4 miles | 13 | |
| East Sweden | 11.9 miles | 13 | |
| Niblock | 12.4 miles | 12 | |
| Rochelle | 16.0 miles | 12 | |
| West Sweden | 16.8 miles | 12 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122541800 | 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 1353670. 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.






