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Canada Verde, Texas

9 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1954 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Floresville census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78114. The Survey maps it on the Saspamco quadrangle.

Canada Verde within Wilson County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 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

85 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 85 fires within 5 miles of Canada Verde between 2006 and 2015, burning about 1,502 acres in total. 1 started naturally. 9 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 burning47
Missing data/not specified/undetermined18
Arson/incendiarism9
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking1
Natural1
Recreation and ceremony1
Power generation/transmission/distribution1

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
4 September 2013Naturalunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceMASON
3 September 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
21 September 2006Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
8 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRIELEY
30 August 2012Debris and open burning1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceGRASS FIRE
28 August 2010Equipment and vehicle use10 acresTexas A & M Forest Service10-14497
27 August 2014Equipment and vehicle use135 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceBLUE HILL FIRE
18 August 2013Debris and open burningunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceRUIZ

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Wilson County

Mines and quarries near this place

9 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 9 workings within 5 miles of Canada Verde: 6 producers, 3 past producers. 6 still produce. What was taken out: Clay, Sand and Gravel, Construction. 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
Unnamed PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducerSand
W S Dickey Clay Sand PitSand and Gravel, ConstructionProducer
Alamo PitsClayProducerSedimentary
Bruce PitClayProducerSedimentary
Calaveras Unnamed PitClayPast ProducerClay
Ermler PitClayPast ProducerSedimentary
Saspamco PitClayProducer
Saspamco PitsClayPast ProducerSedimentary
W S Dickey Clay PlantClayProducer

Every working recorded in Wilson 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
Calaveras2.2 miles9
Graytown2.5 miles9
Saspamco3.1 miles9
Fairview6.0 miles9
Floresville7.5 miles10
Loire8.5 miles9
Grass Pond Colony8.8 miles10
Kicaster8.9 miles10

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2034737. 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.