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Shorts Corner, Texas

14 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1953 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the San Antonio Northeast census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78217. The Survey maps it on the Longhorn quadrangle.

Shorts Corner within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

7 surveys from 14 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

60 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 60 fires within 5 miles of Shorts Corner between 2006 and 2011, burning about 149 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
Missing data/not specified/undetermined30
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor6
Equipment and vehicle use3
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 burning2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
19 September 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
18 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUSTIC FOREST
16 September 2009Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceNEW WORLD
11 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined100 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceWETMORE FIRE
4 August 2008Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
30 August 2009Debris and open burning5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRANDBURY
28 August 2008Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

10 of 12 shown

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 12 workings within 5 miles of Shorts Corner: 11 producers, 1 past producer. 11 still produce. What was taken out: Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, General, Stone, Crushed/Broken, Cement Rock, 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
Capital Cement PlantCement Rock, Stone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Judson Road Perlite PlantPerliteProducer
Bulverde Road QuarryStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Cloud QuarryStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Longhorn Quarry and PlantStone, Crushed/Broken, Limestone, GeneralProducer
Olmos Rock Products CorpStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
Bulverde Road QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Capitol Cement QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducerLimestone
Dean Word Co Ackerman QuarryLimestone, GeneralProducer
Kaiser Cement and Gypsum CorpLimestone, GeneralProducer

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
Wetmore1.2 miles14
Longhorn1.3 miles14
Fratt2.3 miles14
Windcrest2.8 miles14
North Loop2.9 miles14
Live Oak4.1 miles11
Kentwood Manor4.4 miles14
Hill Country Village4.8 miles14

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1347097. 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.