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Oak Island, Texas

9 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 78264. It stands on Elm Creek. The Survey maps it on the Thelma quadrangle.

Oak Island within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

153 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 153 fires within 5 miles of Oak Island between 2005 and 2020, burning about 1,206 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 2 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 burning62
Missing data/not specified/undetermined61
Smoking11
Equipment and vehicle use10
Power generation/transmission/distribution3
Arson/incendiarism2
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural1
Misuse of fire by a minor1

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
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
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined200 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceSILVER MOUNTAIN
5 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined40 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceAPPLE WHITE RD
19 September 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service5118 SAVANAH GREEN
12 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
12 September 2008Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePALO ALTO

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 13 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 13 workings within 5 miles of Oak Island: 13 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Silica, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
De Los Santos Sand PitSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Freddie Harris Sand CoSilica, ClayProducer
Freddie Harris Sand Co. PitClay, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerClay, Sand
Harris Sand PitSilica, Sand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Star Pit & PlantSilicaProducer
Star PlantSilicaProducer
Allied PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Harris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
Harris PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSedimentary
Kite PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand

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
Thelma3.2 miles9
Cassin4.2 miles12
Earle4.4 miles12
Garza Crossing4.8 miles13
Somerset5.2 miles10
Losoya5.5 miles10
Buena Vista6.0 miles12
Von Ormy6.2 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380274. 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.