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Terrell Wells, Texas

13 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 78221. The Survey maps it on the Terrell Wells quadrangle.

Terrell Wells within Bexar County

Topographic sheets covering this place

6 surveys from 13 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

9 since 1994

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 9 fires within 5 miles of Terrell Wells between 1994 and 2018, burning about 18 acres in total. 1 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/undetermined3
Debris and open burning3
Natural1
Arson/incendiarism1
Equipment and vehicle use1

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
2 September 2006Equipment and vehicle use3.2 acresSan Antonio Missions National Historic ParkESPADA DAM FIRE
28 August 2012Naturalunder an acreSan Antonio Missions National Historic ParkSAN JUAN
26 August 2006Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSan Antonio Missions National Historic ParkESPADA ACEQUIA
15 August 1994Debris and open burningunder an acreSan Antonio Missions National Historic ParkSAN JUAN
22 July 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
11 May 2018Missing data/not specified/undetermined4.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 281 & 624 N
29 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 16 SOUTH
3 January 2010Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest Service23027 HWY 16 S

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

3 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 3 workings within 5 miles of Terrell Wells: 2 producers, 1 unknown. 2 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Vermiculite, 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
AcmeSand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown
Construction Products DivisionVermiculiteProducer
Unnamed PitClayProducerSedimentary

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
San Jose0.9 miles13
Palo Alto Park2.0 miles13
Columbia Heights2.2 miles13
Palo Alto Heights2.3 miles13
Phoenix3.2 miles12
Bergs Mill3.3 miles12
Withers3.4 miles13
Heafer3.6 miles13

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 Q122598369The 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 1369739. 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.