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Saspamco, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Floresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Saspamco quadrangle. It stands 479 feet above sea level.

Saspamco within Wilson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 9 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

97 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 97 fires within 5 miles of Saspamco between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,257 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 6 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 burning53
Missing data/not specified/undetermined27
Equipment and vehicle use6
Arson/incendiarism6
Recreation and ceremony2
Natural2
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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 2013Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMASON
3 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
14 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
8 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIELEY
30 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10-14497

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 15 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 15 workings within 5 miles of Saspamco: 9 producers, 5 past producers, 1 unknown. 9 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, 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
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
W S Dickey Clay Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alamo Clay Products Co IncClayUnknown
Alamo PitsClayProducerSedimentary
Barnhart PitClayProducer
Bell PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Bernhardt PitClayProducerSedimentary
Bruce PitClayProducerSedimentary
Calaveras Unnamed PitClayPast ProducerClay
Ermler PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary

Every working recorded in Wilson County

Storms near this place

1 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Saspamco in 1 storm report in 2003: 1 tornado. No death or injury is recorded in these reports. Each account below is quoted exactly as the forecast office filed it, from the NOAA Storm Events Database, and each date opens the federal record of that event.

WhenEvent Place namedHarm What the report says
June 2003Tornado (F1)Saspamco$3,000The small and short-lived tornado struck shortly after 4 pm...damaging the roof of a home. Residents reported strong winds followed by heavy rain and then hail. Following the hail, conditions became very quiet and calm just prior to the tornado. The storm then struck several large trees as it moved toward the southeast. The first tree struck had a diameter of 1 foot. It was broken and laid down toward the north. The second tree, with a diameter of 1.5 feet, was broken off near the ground and laid down toward the southeast. The third tree, located to the southeast of the other two and with a diameter of 1 foot, was twisted out of the ground and laid down toward the south. The width of the tornado track was 20 yards and the length of the path was estimated at .25 miles. The tornado was rated as an F1. It is possible that the tornado might have formed in Bexar County before moving into extreme northwest Wilson County, but that could not be clearly established.

Every storm recorded in Wilson 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
Calaveras2.1 miles9
Graytown2.2 miles9
Canada Verde3.1 miles9
Kicaster7.0 miles10
Fairview8.5 miles9
Grass Pond Colony8.9 miles10
Loire10.1 miles9
Floresville10.2 miles10

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.

Wikipedia article on SaspamcoAn encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied.
Wikidata item Q7425726The 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 1367786. 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.

Storms. NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database https://www.ncei.noaa.gov/stormevents/ A work of the United States government, no copyright under 17 U.S.C. 105. Narratives are quoted verbatim from the National Weather Service report and are not edited or summarised.