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Cameron Park Colonia, Texas

16 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1930 and the latest in 1992. It stands in the Brownsville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78526. The Survey maps it on the East Brownsville quadrangle. It stands 46 feet above sea level.

Cameron Park Colonia within Cameron County

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 16 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

113 since 1996

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 113 fires within 5 miles of Cameron Park Colonia between 1996 and 2020, burning about 1,167 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 18 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/undetermined42
Debris and open burning41
Arson/incendiarism18
Power generation/transmission/distribution5
Recreation and ceremony2
Railroad operations and maintenance2
Fireworks1
Equipment and vehicle use1
Natural1

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 2003Debris and open burningunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexROPE
13 September 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
10 September 2003Equipment and vehicle useunder an acreSouth Texas Refuge ComplexLEECH
9 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
7 August 2019Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugePALO ALTO
6 August 2004Debris and open burning1.0 acresSouth Texas Refuge ComplexALFREDO
4 August 1996Missing data/not specified/undetermined10 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugePHILLIPS
21 August 2017Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreSanta Ana National Wildlife RefugeFISH HATCHERY

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Cameron County

Mines and quarries near this place

5 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 5 workings within 5 miles of Cameron Park Colonia: 4 producers, 1 past producer. 4 still produce. What was taken out: Chromium, Manganese, Strontium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-Barite, Barium-Barite. 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
Brownsville MillBentonite, Barium-BariteProducer
Brownsville Minerals PlantBarium-BariteProducer
Brownsville PlantManganeseProducer
C E Minerals Chrome PlantChromium, Manganese, Strontium, Fluorine-Fluorite, Barium-BaritePast Producer
Oglebay Norton Fluorspar PlantFluorine-FluoriteProducer

Every working recorded in Cameron 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.

Map PlaceDistance Sheets
Cameron Park0.5 miles16
Praxedis Saldivar Colonia2.1 miles16
Hacienda Gardens Colonia2.1 miles11
Central Estates Colonia2.1 miles16
Las Flores Colonia2.5 miles14
Stewart Colonia3.5 miles16
Four Corners3.6 miles16
Stardust Colonia3.9 miles11

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 Q34789419The 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 2010330. 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.