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Salado Junction, Texas

12 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 78219. It stands on Pershing Creek. The Survey maps it on the San Antonio East quadrangle.

Salado Junction within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 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

29 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 29 fires within 5 miles of Salado Junction between 2006 and 2010, burning about 34 acres in total. None started naturally. 1 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/undetermined20
Misuse of fire by a minor3
Debris and open burning3
Smoking2
Arson/incendiarism1

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
6 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceLAKE GLEN
4 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
10 August 2009Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceBINZ ENGELMAN AND SPRINFIELD
25 July 2009Arson/incendiarism2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service2430 ACKERMAN
15 July 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 June 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCROSSWIND
4 June 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 April 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service1700 FM 78

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

7 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 7 workings within 5 miles of Salado Junction: 4 past producers, 3 producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Limestone, General, Limestone, Ultra Pure, Clay, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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
Cementville QuarryLimestone, General, Limestone, Ultra PurePast ProducerLimestone
San Antonio Portland Cement CoClay, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
San Antonio Prtlnd Limestone QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Longhorn QuarryLimestone, GeneralPast ProducerLimestone
Alamo PitClayPast ProducerClay
Rosillo Creek PitClayPast ProducerClay
San Antonio Portland Clay PitClayProducer

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
Kirby1.9 miles12
Terrell Hills2.4 miles12
Alamo Heights3.5 miles12
Olmos Park4.2 miles12
San Antonio4.4 miles12
Fratt4.7 miles14
Martinez4.9 miles11
Windcrest4.9 miles14

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 Q122560888The 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 1346145. 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.