Graytown, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Floresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Saspamco quadrangle.

Graytown within Wilson County

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.

1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
1958 USGS Saspamco quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings

Fires near this place

82 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 82 fires within 5 miles of Graytown between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,425 acres in total. None 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 burning	43
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	23
Equipment and vehicle use	7
Arson/incendiarism	6
Smoking	1
Recreation and ceremony	1
Power generation/transmission/distribution	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
3 September 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
21 September 2006	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
8 August 2013	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	RIELEY
30 August 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
29 August 2008	Debris and open burning	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	not named
28 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	10 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	10-14497
26 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
2 August 2010	Equipment and vehicle use	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	10-12843

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Graytown: 7 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 7 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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.

Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
Unnamed Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer	Sand
W S Dickey Clay Sand Pit	Sand and Gravel, Construction	Producer
Alamo Clay Products Co Inc	Clay	Unknown
Alamo Pits	Clay	Producer	Sedimentary
Bell Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Borrego Pits	Clay	Past Producer	Clay
Bruce Pit	Clay	Producer	Sedimentary
Calaveras Unnamed Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Clay
Ermler Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Sedimentary
Saspamco Pit	Clay	Producer

Every working recorded in Wilson 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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Saspamco	2.2 miles	9
Canada Verde	2.5 miles	9
Calaveras	3.3 miles	9
Fairview	6.6 miles	9
Loire	7.9 miles	9
Kicaster	9.2 miles	10
Floresville	10.1 miles	10
Grass Pond Colony	10.5 miles	10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034759. 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.