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Sandy Oaks, Texas

10 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the San Antonio South census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78112. The Survey maps it on the Losoya quadrangle.

Sandy Oaks within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 10 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

195 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 195 fires within 5 miles of Sandy Oaks between 2005 and 2018, burning about 958 acres in total. None started naturally. 7 were 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 burning98
Missing data/not specified/undetermined60
Equipment and vehicle use15
Arson/incendiarism7
Misuse of fire by a minor5
Power generation/transmission/distribution4
Smoking4
Recreation and ceremony2

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
7 September 2008Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
5 September 2011Arson/incendiarismunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
30 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distribution1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
3 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
20 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRUSH FIRE
14 September 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
13 September 2011Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Sandy Oaks: 5 producers, 2 past producers, 2 unknowns. 5 still produce. What was taken out: Clay. 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
Borrego PitsClayPast ProducerClay
Brotze PitClayPast ProducerClay
Niel PitsClayProducerSedimentary
Schuchard Pit and Brick PlantClayProducer
Stone PitClayProducerSedimentary
Stone PitClayUnknown
W S Dickey Clay Neil PitsClayProducer
Wright PitClayProducerSedimentary
Wright PitClayUnknown

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
Losoya4.4 miles10
Thelma5.5 miles9
Elmendorf6.5 miles11
Buena Vista6.8 miles12
Cassin7.0 miles12
Earle7.2 miles12
Southton8.0 miles12
Oak Island8.7 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2771705. 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.