Buena Vista Colonia, Texas
11 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 2002. It stands in the La Grulla census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78582. It stands on Salado Creek. The Survey maps it on the Sullivan City quadrangle. 93 people lived here at the 2020 count. It stands 210 feet above sea level.
Population over time
2 figuresBuena Vista Colonia fell from 102 to 93 between 2010 and 2020. These are the recorded population figures Wikidata holds for this place, reached through the Geographic Names Information System number this page is keyed on rather than by name, so they belong to this place and not to another of the same name. Most are census counts, but not all are: an early figure may be a founding or settlement estimate, and an estimate published within five years of a census is left out. The change column is computed, and is left blank where more than 20 years separate a figure from the one before it, because a gap that long is not a change between two counts.
| Year | People | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 102 | |
| 2020 | 93 | -9 (-9%) |
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.
- 1949 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1954 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1956 USGS Garcias quadrangle1:62500
- 1957 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000, 2 printings
- 1962 USGS McAllen quadrangle1:250000
- 1965 USGS Sullivan City quadrangle1:24000, 2 printings
- 1983 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:250000
- 1992 USGS Mc Allen quadrangle1:100000
- 2002 USGS Sullivan City quadrangle1:24000
Fires near this place
338 since 1996Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 338 fires within 5 miles of Buena Vista Colonia between 1996 and 2020, burning about 5,316 acres in total. 2 started naturally. 15 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 |
|---|---|
| Debris and open burning | 187 |
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 113 |
| Arson/incendiarism | 15 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 13 |
| Railroad operations and maintenance | 4 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 3 |
| Natural | 2 |
| Misuse of fire by a minor | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | HAY |
| 7 September 2015 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PIPELINE ROAD |
| 7 September 2011 | Debris and open burning | 2.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | BENITO ST. |
| 5 September 2020 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | AURORA ST. |
| 5 September 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | not named |
| 4 September 2002 | Debris and open burning | under an acre | South Texas Refuge Complex | LONER |
| 3 September 2013 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 5.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | PVT. LAZARO SOLIS RD. |
| 29 September 2000 | Debris and open burning | 100 acres | Lower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife Refuge | ROXANNE |
Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:
Mines and quarries near this place
5 within 5 milesRegional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Buena Vista Colonia: 3 producers, 2 past producers. 3 still produce. What was taken out: Sand and Gravel, Construction, Stone, Crushed/Broken. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alto Bonito Pit | Stone, Crushed/Broken | Producer | Caliche | |
| Alto Bonito Gravel Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | ||
| Spaulding Pit | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Producer | Gravel, Sand | |
| Spaulding Plant | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | ||
| Unnamed Pits | Sand and Gravel, Construction | Past Producer | Gravel, Sand |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratcliff | 1.2 miles | 11 | |
| East Alto Bonito Colonia | 1.4 miles | 11 | |
| Pablo Pena Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rafael Pena Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Alto Bonito Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Narciso Pena Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Longoria Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 | |
| Rivereno Colonia | 1.7 miles | 11 |
Elsewhere
Matched on this settlement's Geographic Names Information System number rather than its name, so it cannot be a different place of the same name in another state.
| Wikipedia article on Buena Vista Colonia | An encyclopaedic summary. Its text is share-alike, so it is linked here rather than copied. |
| Wikidata item Q5734991 | The structured record the population and elevation above come from. Public domain (CC0). |
Provenance
This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011267. 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.








