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Withers, 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 78211. It lies near Prickly Pear Hill. The Survey maps it on the Terrell Wells quadrangle.

Withers 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

18 since 2005

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 18 fires within 5 miles of Withers between 2005 and 2014, burning about 93 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
Debris and open burning8
Missing data/not specified/undetermined5
Equipment and vehicle use2
Smoking1
Recreation and ceremony1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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 2006Smoking2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
22 July 2008Debris and open burning8.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
2 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 35 AND FISCHER RD
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 & MEDINA RIVER
12 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceIH 35 AND FISCHER RD
20 June 2009Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 35 & MEDIO CREEK
24 May 2009Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service13980 SOMERSET RD.
29 April 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceHWY 16 SOUTH

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Bexar County

Mines and quarries near this place

4 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 4 workings within 5 miles of Withers: 3 producers, 1 unknown. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Stone, Crushed/Broken, 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
Bexar County QuarrysStone, Crushed/BrokenProducer
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
Heafer0.5 miles13
Palo Alto Park1.6 miles13
Palo Alto Heights1.8 miles13
San Jose2.6 miles13
Phoenix2.9 miles12
Columbia Heights3.1 miles13
Terrell Wells3.4 miles13
Valley Hi3.6 miles12

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 1380798. 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.