BlockBustamante, Texas
9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1940 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Zapata census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78076. The Survey maps it on the Escobas 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.
- 1940 USGS Mogotes Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1956 USGS Laredo quadrangle1:250000, 3 printings
- 1956 USGS Mogotes Hill quadrangle1:62500
- 1980 USGS Escobas quadrangle1:24000
- 1985 USGS San Ygnacio quadrangle1:100000, 3 printings
Fires near this place
12 since 2006Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 12 fires within 5 miles of Bustamante between 2006 and 2017, burning about 394 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 |
|---|---|
| Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 6 |
| Debris and open burning | 3 |
| Equipment and vehicle use | 2 |
| Power generation/transmission/distribution | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 August 2015 | Equipment and vehicle use | 50 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | GRASS FIRE 16 MILES EAST ON HWY 16 |
| 13 July 2017 | Power generation/transmission/distribution | 4.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HACIENDA FLORES RANCH FIRE |
| 12 June 2009 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 20 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16 GRASS/ VEHICLE FIRE |
| 18 May 2006 | Debris and open burning | 5.0 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | FALSE ZAPATA |
| 6 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16 11 MILES EAST OF ZAPATA |
| 29 April 2006 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | 150 acres | South Texas Refuge Complex | CONOCO PHILLIPS |
| 18 April 2012 | Debris and open burning | 1.0 acres | Texas A & M Forest Service | HWY 16, 5 MILES EAST OF ZAPATA |
| 28 March 2008 | Missing data/not specified/undetermined | under an acre | 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Escobas | 6.3 miles | 9 | |
| Las Palmas | 9.3 miles | 10 | |
| Cuellar Colonia | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Manuel Medina Addition Colonia | 9.5 miles | 10 | |
| Medina | 9.6 miles | 10 | |
| Ranchito San Jose Colonia | 9.9 miles | 10 | |
| Flores Addition Colonia | 10.0 miles | 10 | |
| Guzman Colonia | 10.3 miles | 10 |
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.
| Wikidata item Q122555524 | 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 1331742. 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.