Oberly Crossing, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Comfort census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78006. It lies near Big Spring Canyon. The Survey maps it on the Kendalia quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 10 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
- 1957 USGS Boerne quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Kendalia quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000
- 1992 USGS New Braunfels quadrangle1:100000, 2 printings
Fires near this place
62 since 2003Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 62 fires within 5 miles of Oberly Crossing between 2003 and 2014, burning about 967 acres in total. 5 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 burning | 27 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 22 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 6 |
| Natural | 5 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 110 MARK TWAIN |
| 5 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 110 HOSKINS TRAIL |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 200 BLK FM 3351 N |
| 4 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 200 BLK FM 3351 |
| 29 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | JONAS FIRE |
| 26 September 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | CARBO FIRE |
| 14 September 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | TAMAYO FIRE |
| 31 August 2006 | Equipment and vehicle use | 10 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ammans Crossing | 4.7 miles | 10 | |
| Kendalia | 4.9 miles | 10 | |
| Kreutzberg | 6.1 miles | 12 | |
| Bergheim | 6.4 miles | 10 | |
| Sisterdale | 7.9 miles | 10 | |
| Walnut Grove | 8.6 miles | 12 | |
| Welfare | 10.5 miles | 10 | |
| Nelson City | 11.4 miles | 10 |
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 Q122548062 | 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 1378783. 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.





