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Mayo, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Karnes City census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78118. The Survey maps it on the Karnes City quadrangle.

Mayo within Karnes County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 9 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

170 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 170 fires within 5 miles of Mayo between 2005 and 2020, burning about 437 acres in total. 3 started naturally. 3 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
Equipment and vehicle use54
Missing data/not specified/undetermined51
Debris and open burning43
Power generation/transmission/distribution6
Smoking5
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Natural3
Arson/incendiarism3

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
4 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 September 2017Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCOLE ORSZULAK
23 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTXDOT US181/CR219
22 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2014Debris and open burning3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBILL CAMPBELL
17 September 2008Equipment and vehicle use3.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceTXDOT FM81
12 September 2013Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMARATHON FM99-2

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Karnes 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 Mayo: 2 past producers, 2 producers, 1 occurrence. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Uranium, Molybdenum, Tungsten, Molybdenum, Selenium. 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
Hoffman ProspectUranium, Molybdenum, TungstenOccurrenceStratabound
Panna Maria West MineUranium, Molybdenum, SeleniumPast ProducerStratabound
Hobson In Situ Uranium ProjUraniumProducer
Panna Maria MineUraniumProducer
Trial PitUraniumPast Producer

Every working recorded in Karnes 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
Karnes City1.8 miles9
Panna Maria3.9 miles9
Hobson4.9 miles9
Helena6.2 miles9
Kenedy7.1 miles9
Cestohowa7.3 miles10
Falls City7.3 miles12
Conquista Crossing7.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1362337. 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.