Sayers, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio East census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78263. The Survey maps it on the Elmendorf quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
6 surveys from 11 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.
- 1953 USGS Elmendorf quadrangle1:24000
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1967 USGS Elmendorf quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
- 1992 USGS Elmendorf quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
45 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 45 fires within 5 miles of Sayers between 2006 and 2015, burning about 524 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 15 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 10 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 2 |
| Smoking | 2 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 2.5 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | ROSEWOOD |
| 23 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 87E |
| 19 September 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 8.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | STUART ROAD |
| 8 August 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 26 August 2011 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 8389 E LOOP 1604 |
| 15 August 2012 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 7.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | SZFD121190 |
| 13 August 2013 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 87E FIRE |
| 16 July 2011 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 87 COMMAND |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
1 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Sayers: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. 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 | Site | Commodity | Status | Recorded |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cantu Pits | Clay | Past Producer | Clay |
Storms near this place
3 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The National Weather Service names Sayers in 3 storm reports between 2006 and 2025: 2 hail, 1 thunderstorm wind. 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.
| When | Event | Place named | Harm | What the report says |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| July 2006 | Thunderstorm Wind | Sayers | $200,000 | Severe thunderstorms winds rolled over two mobile homes and blew down trees and power lines northwest of Sayers. |
| April 2025 | Hail | Sayers | - | A thunderstorm produced quarter size hail near Sayers. |
| May 2021 | Hail | Sayers | - | A thunderstorm produced 5.5 inch hail near Sayers and the China Grove area on the east side of San Antonio. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lone Oak | 2.4 miles | 10 | |
| Adkins | 3.0 miles | 10 | |
| China Grove | 3.3 miles | 11 | |
| Boldtville | 3.9 miles | 11 | |
| Martinez | 4.0 miles | 11 | |
| Saint Hedwig | 5.5 miles | 10 | |
| Hilltop | 7.2 miles | 12 | |
| Kirby | 8.0 miles | 12 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1376028. 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.





