BlockArroyo Gardens Number 2 Colonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Rio Hondo census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78583. The Survey maps it on the Laguna Atascosa quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
9 surveys from 11 printed sheetsMatched 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.
- 1930 USGS Laguna Atascosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1936 USGS Laguna Atascosa quadrangle1:31680, 2 printings
- 1953 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1956 USGS Laguna Atascosa quadrangle1:24000
- 1956 USGS Los Fresnos quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Port Isabel quadrangle1:250000
- 1962 USGS Brownsville quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Harlingen quadrangle1:100000
Fires near this place
34 since 2002Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 34 fires within 5 miles of Arroyo Gardens Number 2 Colonia between 2002 and 2020, burning about 484 acres in total. None started naturally. 5 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/undetermined | 16 |
| Debris and open burning | 11 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 5 |
| Smoking | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | TUFF LUCK |
| 6 September 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | 15 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | HONDO |
| 5 August 2017 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 3 August 2015 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE |
| 30 July 2019 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | N 1847 |
| 26 July 2002 | Arson/incendiarism | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | DEADEND |
| 1 July 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | 345 |
| 8 June 2006 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
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 | Place | Distance | Sheets |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arroyo Gardens | 0.8 miles | 11 | |
| Arroyo Gardens Number 4 Colonia | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| Las Yescas | 1.1 miles | 13 | |
| Alfredo Garza Colonia | 1.1 miles | 11 | |
| San Vicente Estates Colonia | 1.6 miles | 13 | |
| La Tina Ranch | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| Gumesindo Galvan Colonia | 1.8 miles | 11 | |
| La Tina | 1.9 miles | 11 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010318. 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.