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Loire, 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 78064. The Survey maps it on the Leming quadrangle.

Loire 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.

Fires near this place

128 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 128 fires within 5 miles of Loire between 2005 and 2018, burning about 1,680 acres in total. 3 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
Debris and open burning49
Missing data/not specified/undetermined33
Equipment and vehicle use21
Smoking10
Misuse of fire by a minor4
Arson/incendiarism3
Recreation and ceremony3
Natural3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
4 September 2015Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceADAMS RD 2
23 September 2017Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceLUPE GONZALES #2
8 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVERDI RD/1784
8 August 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service10-13190
29 August 2015Debris and open burning10 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePR 52A
26 August 2010Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10-14353

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Loire: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Niel PitsClayProducerSedimentary
Stone PitClayUnknown
W S Dickey Clay Neil PitsClayProducer

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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Fairview3.8 miles9
Graytown7.9 miles9
Canada Verde8.5 miles9
Darilek9.5 miles10
Loma Vista10.0 miles10
Saspamco10.1 miles9
Calaveras10.6 miles9
Floresville12.8 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380101. 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.