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Espey, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Pleasanton census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78064. The Survey maps it on the Leming quadrangle.

Espey within Atascosa County

On record in Espey

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.

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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.

Fires near this place

265 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 265 fires within 5 miles of Espey between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,977 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 6 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 burning135
Missing data/not specified/undetermined59
Equipment and vehicle use30
Smoking20
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Arson/incendiarism6
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
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 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG OAK FIRE
5 September 2014Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceKASEY BARTEX
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceADAMS RD 2
27 September 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceED #1
23 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLUPE GONZALES #2
20 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Atascosa County

Mines and quarries near this place

6 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 6 workings within 5 miles of Espey: 5 producers, 1 unknown. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Clay, Silica. 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
A-1 PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerUnconsolidated Sediments
Espey Silica Sand Co A1 Pit and PltSilicaProducer
Lehr PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Osburn Pit & PlantSilicaProducer
Stone PitClayProducerSedimentary
Stone PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Atascosa 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
Las Gallinas0.0 miles9
Leming2.7 miles9
Verdi6.4 miles9
Poteet6.5 miles9
Ditto7.1 miles9
Pleasanton10.0 miles9
Rossville10.3 miles9
Amphion11.1 miles8

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034623. 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.