BlockDominion, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio North census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78257. It lies near Middleton Hill. The Survey maps it on the Camp Bullis quadrangle.
On record in Dominion
Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.
On the National Register within a mile 1 record
The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.
Aue Stagecoach Innlisted 1979 · 0.9 miles away
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Otis Ridge quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Camp Bullis quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Camp Bullis quadrangle1:24000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
9 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Dominion between 2005 and 2016, burning about 336 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 4 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SS COMMAND |
| 25 July 2016 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CAMP BULLIS |
| 2 June 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RALPH FAIR ROAD |
| 14 June 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GOLDFINCH |
| 14 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 85 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 83 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HUNTRESS LANE |
| 27 April 2005 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HILL COUNTRY - 3 |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
4 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Dominion: 4 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beckman Quarry | Stone, Crushed/Broken, Calcium | Producer | ||
| Schoenfeld Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Beckman Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Limestone | |
| Bexar County Quarry | Limestone, General | Producer | Sedimentary |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leon Springs | 0.9 miles | 12 | |
| Cross Mountain | 2.4 miles | 12 | |
| Beckmann | 3.4 miles | 12 | |
| Grey Forest | 4.5 miles | 13 | |
| Scenic Oaks | 4.9 miles | 12 | |
| Van Raub | 5.4 miles | 12 | |
| Shavano Park | 6.0 miles | 12 | |
| Fair Oaks Ranch | 6.3 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1867547. 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.