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Campobello Number 2 Colonia, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1949 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Roma-Los Saenz census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78584. It stands on Los Negros Creek. The Survey maps it on the Roma-Los Saenz West quadrangle.

Campobello Number 2 Colonia within Starr County

On record in Campobello Number 2 Colonia

Buildings and businesses the archive holds for this place. Each opens its own page, with the source record it came from.

On the National Register within a mile 2 records

The National Register names another town for these. They stand within one mile of this settlement's coordinate.

Topographic sheets covering this place

8 surveys from 9 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

520 since 1999

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 520 fires within 5 miles of Campobello Number 2 Colonia between 1999 and 2020, burning about 2,954 acres in total. None started naturally. 31 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/undetermined388
Debris and open burning93
Arson/incendiarism31
Smoking3
Equipment and vehicle use3
Misuse of fire by a minor1
Railroad operations and maintenance1

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
7 September 2018Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Service6 N SAN JULIAN RD.
7 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOCKER RD.
7 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCINDY'S AVE.
6 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined20 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceVICTOR LN.
6 September 2011Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceDOLPHIN ST.
5 September 2015Missing data/not specified/undetermined5.0 acresLower Rio Grande Valley National Wildlife RefugeGARCENO
5 September 2012Missing data/not specified/undetermined2.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCINDYS AVE.
5 September 2011Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Starr 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
Campobello Colonia0.1 miles9
Roma Creek Number 1, 2 and 3 Colonia0.5 miles9
Roma Creek0.7 miles9
Roma0.7 miles9
Roma-Los Saenz0.7 miles9
Evergreen Colonia0.8 miles9
Fronton Ranchettes Colonia0.8 miles9
Ramos Colonia0.9 miles9

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2011272. 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.