El Oso, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Karnes City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78119. The Survey maps it on the Pawnee quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 9 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 Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1955 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Suniland quadrangle1:62500
- 1961 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Pawnee quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1968 USGS Crystal City quadrangle1:250000
- 1985 USGS Pleasanton quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
40 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 40 fires within 5 miles of El Oso between 2006 and 2019, burning about 572 acres in total. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Equipment and vehicle use | 19 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 13 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Natural | 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 2018 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 30 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JERRY ZINSITZ |
| 9 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JIMMY VILLARREAL |
| 8 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PUMPCO |
| 4 August 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BALES ON FIRE |
| 31 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE ON SIDE OF ROAD |
| 30 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TXDOT - TX72 AT CR182 |
| 29 August 2012 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROBERT HORNEE |
| 1 August 2012 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | MARATHON OIL COMPANY |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zunkerville | 1.9 miles | 10 | |
| Bainville | 3.8 miles | 10 | |
| Lenz | 4.1 miles | 8 | |
| Coy City | 6.5 miles | 11 | |
| Green | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Burnell | 9.7 miles | 9 | |
| Kenedy | 10.0 miles | 9 | |
| Karnes City | 11.7 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1379707. 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.






