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107 West Colonia, Texas

11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the Mission census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78573. The Survey maps it on the Alton quadrangle.

107 West Colonia within Hidalgo County

Topographic sheets covering this place

9 surveys from 11 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

107 since 2003

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 107 fires within 5 miles of 107 West Colonia between 2003 and 2016, burning about 430 acres in total. None started naturally. 11 were 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/undetermined44
Debris and open burning43
Arson/incendiarism11
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Equipment and vehicle use4

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
25 September 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBRYAN RD FIRE
24 September 2007Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
23 August 2006Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
21 August 2004Arson/incendiarismunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexALTON
13 August 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
12 August 2016Missing data/not specified/undetermined50 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMOOREFIELD & 6 1/2 MILE
7 July 2009Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceMUT DEPOT AND SPRAGUE
4 July 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Hidalgo County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of 107 West Colonia: 1 unknown. None of them still produces. What was taken out: 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
BleakleySand and Gravel, ConstructionUnknown

Every working recorded in Hidalgo 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.

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2009985. 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.