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Losoya, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Antonio South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78221. It stands on Losoya Creek. The Survey maps it on the Losoya quadrangle. It stands 492 feet above sea level.

Losoya within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

174 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 174 fires within 5 miles of Losoya between 2006 and 2014, burning about 712 acres in total. None 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 burning86
Missing data/not specified/undetermined63
Equipment and vehicle use8
Smoking5
Arson/incendiarism4
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Recreation and ceremony1

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
8 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined7.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBIG OAK FIRE
7 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 September 2011Debris and open burning20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
30 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
20 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Losoya: 2 producers, 2 unknowns, 1 past producer. 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
Brotze PitClayPast ProducerClay
Stone PitClayProducerSedimentary
Stone PitClayUnknown
Wright PitClayProducerSedimentary
Wright PitClayUnknown

Every working recorded in Bexar County

Storms near this place

8 since 2000

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Losoya in 8 storm reports between 2000 and 2021: 4 hail, 2 flash flood, 1 flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2010Flash FloodLosoya$50,000Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which collapsed an earthen dam near the intersection of Campbellton and Hardy Roads. Several homes were evacuated due to flooding.
December 2021HailLosoya-A thunderstorms produced one inch hail near I-37 and Loop 1604 in southern San Antonio.
May 2020HailLosoya-A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail near Sandy Oaks.
December 2009Thunderstorm WindLosoya-A gas station reported several trees uprooted and windows broken out on a travel trailer.
June 2007FloodLosoya-The Medina River at US 281 South crested at 24.9 feet at 0445cst on June 29, where 20 feet is flood stage.
September 2005Flash FloodLosoya-Showers and thunderstorms through the late morning and early afternoon in southeast Bexar County produced general 1 to 2 inch totals. Highest amounts were 3 inches southeast of Losoya to where Priest Road intersects IH-37 south of Loop 1604. Mathis Road just west of IH-37 near the 122 mile marker was closed due to flash flooding along West Lucas Creek.
April 2013HailLosoya-no account filed
April 2000HailLosoya-no account filed

Every storm 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
Cassin2.6 miles12
Buena Vista2.6 miles12
Earle2.7 miles12
Thelma2.7 miles9
Sandy Oaks4.4 miles10
Southton4.8 miles12
Oak Island5.5 miles9
Hilltop6.2 miles12

Elsewhere

Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.

Wikipedia article on LosoyaAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q6683699The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0).

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1361807. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.