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Palo Alto Heights, Texas

13 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Central census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78211. It lies near Curly Hill. The Survey maps it on the Terrell Wells quadrangle.

Palo Alto Heights within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 21 fires within 5 miles of Palo Alto Heights between 2005 and 2011, burning about 94 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 burning9
Missing data/not specified/undetermined6
Smoking2
Equipment and vehicle use2
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
4 September 2006Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 35 AND FISCHER RD
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 & MEDINA RIVER
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 AND FISCHER RD
20 June 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 35 & MEDIO CREEK
24 May 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13980 SOMERSET RD.
6 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWATSON RD

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Palo Alto Heights: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Vermiculite, 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
AcmeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

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
Palo Alto Park0.5 miles13
Heafer1.7 miles13
Withers1.8 miles13
San Jose1.8 miles13
Terrell Wells2.3 miles13
Columbia Heights3.2 miles13
Phoenix3.6 miles12
Garza Crossing4.5 miles13

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 Q122596485The 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 1364729. 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.