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Garza Crossing, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78073. It stands on Medio Creek. The Survey maps it on the Terrell Wells quadrangle.

Garza Crossing within Bexar County

On record in Garza Crossing

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

6 surveys from 13 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

137 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 137 fires within 5 miles of Garza Crossing between 2005 and 2011, burning about 716 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 burning56
Missing data/not specified/undetermined46
Smoking17
Equipment and vehicle use13
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1

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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePEARSALL RD
4 September 2006Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
29 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSENIOR RD & SOMERSET RD
25 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceS. LOOP 1604 W
23 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceK STREET
19 August 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution80 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSAN PO FIRE
18 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBENTON CITY RD & 35 S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Garza Crossing: 1 producer. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General. 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
Fm 1604 Quarry & PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer

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
Von Ormy1.7 miles12
Mann Crossing3.0 miles12
Heafer4.4 miles13
Palo Alto Heights4.5 miles13
Somerset4.6 miles10
Oak Island4.8 miles9
Palo Alto Park4.9 miles13
Withers5.0 miles13

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 Q122564881The 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 1379826. 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.