Hilltop, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78223. It stands on Rosillo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Southton quadrangle.

Hilltop within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 12 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.

1953 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000
1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
1967 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
1992 USGS Southton quadrangle1:24000

Fires near this place

21 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Hilltop between 1994 and 2018, burning about 81 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 3 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined	8
Debris and open burning	7
Arson/incendiarism	3
Natural	2
Equipment and vehicle use	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
2 September 2006	Equipment and vehicle use	3.2 acres	San Antonio Missions National Historic Park	ESPADA DAM FIRE
9 August 2012	Arson/incendiarism	2.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
28 August 2012	Natural	under an acre	San Antonio Missions National Historic Park	SAN JUAN
27 August 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
26 August 2006	Arson/incendiarism	under an acre	San Antonio Missions National Historic Park	ESPADA ACEQUIA
16 August 2011	Missing data/not specified/undetermined	under an acre	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE
15 August 1994	Debris and open burning	under an acre	San Antonio Missions National Historic Park	SAN JUAN
9 July 2012	Debris and open burning	1.0 acres	Texas A & M Forest Service	GRASS FIRE

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 Hilltop: 1 past producer, 1 producer. 1 still produces. What was taken out: Clay, 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	Site	Commodity	Status	Recorded
	Borrego Pit	Clay	Past Producer	Clay
	Unnamed Quarry	Limestone, General	Producer	Limestone

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.

Place	Distance	Sheets
Southton	1.5 miles	12
Bergs Mill	3.4 miles	12
Boldtville	4.1 miles	11
Buena Vista	4.4 miles	12
Elmendorf	5.2 miles	11
China Grove	5.9 miles	11
Earle	6.0 miles	12
Cassin	6.2 miles	12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376976. 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.