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Oakland Estates, Texas

12 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northwest census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78240. The Survey maps it on the Castle Hills quadrangle.

Oakland Estates within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 12 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

20 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 20 fires within 5 miles of Oakland Estates between 2006 and 2017, burning about 37 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 burning15
Missing data/not specified/undetermined3
Equipment and vehicle use1
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
9 May 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
7 May 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
1 May 2008Debris and open burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
26 April 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service20170744
19 April 2008Debris and open burning4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
17 April 2008Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 March 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRISSOM ROAD
4 March 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

8 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 8 workings within 5 miles of Oakland Estates: 8 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Silica. 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
Bexar Pits & PlantSand and Gravel, Construction, SilicaProducer
Huebner Road QuarryLimestone, General, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Eastside Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Schoenfeld PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerGravel, Sand
West Quarry & PlantStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bexar County QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerSedimentary
Huebner QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Lime PlantLimestone, GeneralProducer

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
Leon Valley3.1 miles12
Robards3.3 miles12
Shavano Park4.1 miles12
Balcones Heights4.3 miles12
Castle Hills4.5 miles12
Beckmann4.9 miles12
Helotes5.5 miles13
Hill Country Village6.6 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1343024. 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.