Listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2020.
“Old Bayview Cemetery is a cemetery located on a small hill in downtown Corpus Christi, Texas, United States, on Ramirez St. at Padre St., bordered by the I-37 access road. It is the oldest federal military cemetery in Texas.”
Wikipedia article Old Bayview Cemetery, CC BY-SA 4.0.
One of 16 National Register listings published here for Nueces County · listed in 2020 · category: Site.
Sources: the Wikipedia article · the National Register database, National Park Service
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 6 fires within 5 miles of Old Bayview Cemetery between 2008 and 2017, burning about 214 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 burning | 2 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 1 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 1 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 18 July 2010 | Misuse of fire by a minor | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 2146 SAVOY |
| 2 April 2009 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 5217 SUNBELT |
| 27 February 2008 | Equipment and vehicle use | 100 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 12 February 2017 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-022 |
| 26 October 2017 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 10 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 17-217 |
| 18 October 2017 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BRUSH FIRE |
Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 10 workings within 5 miles of Old Bayview Cemetery: 7 producers, 3 plants. All of them still produce. What was taken out: Sulfur, Chromium, Barium-Barite, Silica. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (Facility) Corpus Christi Zinc Refinery | Zinc, Cadmium | Plant | ||
| Centex Corp Clay Pit | Clay | Producer | ||
| Corpus Christi Grinding Plant | Cement Rock | Producer | ||
| Corpus Christi Texas Plant | Chromium | Producer | ||
| Corpus Cristi Mill | Barium-Barite | Producer | ||
| Hitox Plant | Titanium | Producer | ||
| P P G Industries Inc Operation | Silica | Producer | ||
| (Facility) Champlin's Corpus Christi Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| (Facility) Valero Corpus Christi Refinery | Sulfur | Plant | ||
| Coastal Sulfur Plant | Sulfur | Producer |
No historic map-sheet match is published for this property yet. That does not mean no map exists. This record needs a coordinate-quality review before it can be joined to a sheet boundary. Browse the county's mapped places while that work is pending.
Other National Register properties close enough to walk or drive between, ordered by distance from this one. Both positions come from the same geocoding pass that matched these properties to their map sheets.
| Photograph | Property | Distance | Listed |
|---|---|---|---|
 | Nueces County Courthouse | 0.2 miles | 1976 |
 | S. Julius Lichtenstein House | 0.2 miles | 1983 |
| Ritz Theatre | 0.4 miles | 2024 | |
 | Sherman Building | 0.4 miles | 2010 |
 | 600 Building | 0.4 miles | 2016 |
| Broadway Bluff Improvement | 0.4 miles | 1988 |
| National Archives record | The nomination case file for reference 100005689 in Record Group 79. |
| Wikipedia article | Community-written account of this property, licensed CC BY-SA. |
| Nueces County | All 16 listed properties in this county. |
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