BlockLong Crossing, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1898 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Sabinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78881. It lies near Cave Hollow. The Survey maps it on the Trio quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
7 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1898 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:125000, 3 printings
- 1899 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:125000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1969 USGS Trio quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS Uvalde quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
13 since 2007Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 13 fires within 5 miles of Long Crossing between 2007 and 2014, burning about 337 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 5 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 23 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 7 N FM 187 GRASS FIRE |
| 4 August 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | RANCHO DE LA CHUPAROSA |
| 8 March 2011 | Equipment and vehicle use | 145 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TRULOVE RANCH FIRE CR 334 |
| 23 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 11 March 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 28 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CLAYTON HILL |
| 19 February 2007 | Debris and open burning | 15 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 February 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CR 336 GRAS FIRE |
| 3 December 2010 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Long Crossing: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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.
| Where | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alamo Ready Mix Concrete Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer |
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trio | 5.5 miles | 11 | |
| Second Crossing | 8.1 miles | 8 | |
| First Crossing | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Waresville | 8.6 miles | 8 | |
| Concan | 8.7 miles | 12 | |
| Utopia | 9.2 miles | 8 | |
| Third Crossing | 9.4 miles | 8 | |
| Magers Crossing | 11.3 miles | 8 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380877. 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.