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Lone Oak, 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. It lies in ZIP code area 78101. The Survey maps it on the La Vernia SW quadrangle.

Lone Oak within Bexar County

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

86 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 86 fires within 5 miles of Lone Oak between 2006 and 2015, burning about 903 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 4 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 burning35
Missing data/not specified/undetermined28
Equipment and vehicle use11
Arson/incendiarism4
Smoking3
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Recreation and ceremony1
Natural1

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 2015Debris and open burning2.5 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceROSEWOOD
23 September 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 87E
19 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSTUART ROAD
9 August 2010Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMANROE FIRE
8 August 2008Equipment and vehicle use2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service8389 E LOOP 1604
24 August 2010Natural1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCEMETERY LN FIRE
21 August 2009Debris and open burning7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHILL TOP FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar 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 Lone Oak: 2 past producers, 1 producer. 1 still produces. 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
Cantu PitsClayPast ProducerClay
Padalecki PitClayPast Producer
Padelecki PitClayProducerSedimentary

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
Adkins1.8 miles10
Sayers2.4 miles11
Saint Hedwig4.0 miles10
China Grove5.7 miles11
Martinez6.0 miles11
Boldtville6.2 miles11
Hilltop9.0 miles12
Elmendorf9.0 miles11

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1361649. 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.