BlockOjo de Angua, Texas
10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1950 and the latest in 1989. It stands in the Kingsville census division. The Survey maps it on the South Bird Island NW quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
8 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.
- 1950 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1951 USGS South Bird Island quadrangle1:62500, 2 printings
- 1951 USGS South Bird Island NW quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1960 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1966 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
- 1984 USGS Baffin Bay quadrangle1:100000
- 1989 USGS Corpus Christi quadrangle1:250000
Fires near this place
1 since 2009Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 1 fire within 5 miles of Ojo de Angua in 2009, burning about 700 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 April 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 700 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BINA |
Mines and quarries near this place
2 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 2 workings within 5 miles of Ojo de Angua: 2 producers. All of them still produce. What was taken out: 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haas Trucking Company Operation | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Martillo | 8.7 miles | 10 | |
| Loyola Beach | 17.1 miles | 12 | |
| Riviera Beach | 17.8 miles | 12 | |
| Vattman | 19.4 miles | 12 | |
| Vattmannville | 19.7 miles | 9 | |
| Ricardo | 22.9 miles | 9 | |
| Kingsville | 23.3 miles | 9 | |
| Riviera | 23.8 miles | 9 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380896. 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.