BlockMagers Crossing, Texas
8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Sabinal census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78838. It stands on Cherry Creek. The Survey maps it on the Magers Crossing quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 8 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
- 1956 USGS Utopia quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Magers Crossing quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS Bandera quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
19 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 19 fires within 5 miles of Magers Crossing between 2006 and 2020, burning about 706 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 1 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 1 |
| Natural | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29 September 2020 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 20200929 |
| 28 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TWIN CREEKS RANCH |
| 30 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 12 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 28 August 2008 | Debris and open burning | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 July 2012 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | RR 1050 BRIDGE |
| 28 July 2009 | Equipment and vehicle use | 400 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CONCAN |
| 16 July 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | FRIO CABINS |
| 9 May 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Third Crossing | 2.8 miles | 8 | |
| Happy Hollow | 3.5 miles | 8 | |
| Second Crossing | 4.5 miles | 8 | |
| Concan | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| First Crossing | 5.7 miles | 12 | |
| Reagan Wells | 6.5 miles | 8 | |
| Utopia | 10.8 miles | 8 | |
| Waresville | 10.9 miles | 8 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122552801 | 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 1378633. 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.