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.
Topographic sheets covering this place
4 surveys from 10 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.
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1958 USGS Losoya quadrangle1:24000, 3 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
174 since 2006Regional 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 burning | 86 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 63 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 8 |
| Smoking | 5 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BIG OAK FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 20 September 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 13 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 12 September 2011 | 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
5 within 5 milesRegional 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brotze Pit | Clay | Past Producer | Clay | |
| Stone Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Stone Pit | Clay | Unknown | ||
| Wright Pit | Clay | Producer | Sedimentary | |
| Wright Pit | Clay | Unknown |
Storms near this place
8 since 2000Regional 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| June 2010 | Flash Flood | Losoya | $50,000 | Thunderstorms produced heavy rain which collapsed an earthen dam near the intersection of Campbellton and Hardy Roads. Several homes were evacuated due to flooding. |
| December 2021 | Hail | Losoya | - | A thunderstorms produced one inch hail near I-37 and Loop 1604 in southern San Antonio. |
| May 2020 | Hail | Losoya | - | A thunderstorm produced half dollar size hail near Sandy Oaks. |
| December 2009 | Thunderstorm Wind | Losoya | - | A gas station reported several trees uprooted and windows broken out on a travel trailer. |
| June 2007 | Flood | Losoya | - | The Medina River at US 281 South crested at 24.9 feet at 0445cst on June 29, where 20 feet is flood stage. |
| September 2005 | Flash Flood | Losoya | - | 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 2013 | Hail | Losoya | - | no account filed |
| April 2000 | Hail | Losoya | - | no account filed |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cassin | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Buena Vista | 2.6 miles | 12 | |
| Earle | 2.7 miles | 12 | |
| Thelma | 2.7 miles | 9 | |
| Sandy Oaks | 4.4 miles | 10 | |
| Southton | 4.8 miles | 12 | |
| Oak Island | 5.5 miles | 9 | |
| Hilltop | 6.2 miles | 12 |
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 Losoya | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q6683699 | The 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.



