BlockBig Foot Colonia, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1942 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Moore census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78005. The Survey maps it on the Bigfoot quadrangle.
Topographic sheets covering this place
5 surveys from 9 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.
- 1942 USGS Natalia quadrangle1:62500
- 1954 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1957 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:250000
- 1964 USGS Bigfoot quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Antonio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
202 since 2005Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 202 fires within 5 miles of Big Foot Colonia between 2005 and 2020, burning about 4,640 acres in total. 3 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/undetermined | 82 |
| Debris and open burning | 53 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 43 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 7 |
| Smoking | 6 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 4 |
| Natural | 3 |
| Recreation and ceremony | 3 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 September 2010 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 486 CR 7713 |
| 3 September 2008 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 29 September 2020 | Equipment and vehicle use | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 140 CR 2660 |
| 19 September 2009 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 173 & BRUMMETT RD |
| 18 September 2005 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 60 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 15 September 2005 | Equipment and vehicle use | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 13 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | 6949 CR 2400 |
| 10 September 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 3.0 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bigfoot | 0.4 miles | 9 | |
| Schattel | 6.9 miles | 9 | |
| Moore | 7.6 miles | 8 | |
| Miguel | 9.3 miles | 9 | |
| Goldfinch | 13.4 miles | 10 | |
| North Pearsall | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pearsall East Colonia | 15.5 miles | 10 | |
| Pearsall | 16.4 miles | 10 |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2009980. 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.