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North Loop, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78216. It stands on Lorence Creek. The Survey maps it on the Longhorn quadrangle.

North Loop within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

21 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of North Loop between 2006 and 2011, burning about 232 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
Debris and open burning13
Missing data/not specified/undetermined7
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWETMORE FIRE
1 September 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
28 July 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
15 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
6 June 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROSSWIND

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 14 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 14 workings within 5 miles of North Loop: 10 producers, 3 past producers, 1 unknown. 10 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure. 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
Capital Cement PlantCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cementville QuarryLimestone, General, Limestone, Ultra PurePast ProducerLimestone
Ross Materials PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
San Antonio Portland Cement CoClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
San Antonio Portland Clay PitClayProducer
Cloud QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Longhorn Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
AlamoStone, Crushed/BrokenUnknown
Capitol Cement QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenPast Producer
San Antonio Prtlnd Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer

Every working 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
Shorts Corner2.9 miles14
Alamo Heights3.0 miles12
Castle Hills3.0 miles12
Longhorn3.0 miles14
Wetmore3.3 miles14
Fratt3.4 miles14
Terrell Hills3.7 miles12
Olmos Park3.7 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1342773. 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.