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Friendly Corner, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio East census division. The Survey maps it on the Saint Hedwig quadrangle.

Friendly Corner within Bexar County

On record in Friendly Corner

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

5 surveys from 10 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

63 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 63 fires within 5 miles of Friendly Corner between 2006 and 2014, burning about 433 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined37
Equipment and vehicle use12
Debris and open burning10
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Smoking1
Arson/incendiarism1

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
9 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCBFD1100798
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLOWER SEGUIN
3 September 2013Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD131529
7 August 2013Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD131353
21 August 2014Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSZFD141379
2 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH10
14 August 2007Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
9 July 2009Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2009-0871

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

2 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Friendly Corner: 1 producer, 1 past producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Cibola PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
Cibolo Ck Pit No. 2Sand and Gravel, ConstructionPast Producer

Every working recorded in Bexar 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
Saint Hedwig5.7 miles10
Airport City6.1 miles11
Universal City6.2 miles11
Converse6.6 miles11
Adkins7.5 miles10
Selma8.4 miles11
Live Oak8.8 miles11
Martinez9.2 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1378330. 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.