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Cantu Addition Number 1 Colonia, Texas

8 topographic sheets cover this place, the earliest surveyed in 1921 and the latest in 1985. It stands in the Falfurrias census division. It lies in ZIP code area 78355. It stands on Cibolo Creek. The Survey maps it on the Falfurrias quadrangle.

Cantu Addition Number 1 Colonia within Brooks County

Topographic sheets covering this place

4 surveys from 8 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

69 since 2006

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal wildfire occurrence database lists 69 fires within 5 miles of Cantu Addition Number 1 Colonia between 2006 and 2018, burning about 1,222 acres in total. None started naturally. 2 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/undetermined21
Debris and open burning19
Misuse of fire by a minor13
Equipment and vehicle use7
Smoking3
Arson/incendiarism2
Power generation/transmission/distribution2
Recreation and ceremony2

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
1 August 2011Equipment and vehicle use1.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServiceCO. 401 BROOKS CO.
9 June 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceSHORT GRASS 1418
29 June 2013Missing data/not specified/undeterminedunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceCO RD 1118 FM 772
9 May 2011Power generation/transmission/distributionunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceQUINTINALLA RANCH
8 May 2011Smokingunder an acreTexas A & M Forest ServiceEMPTY LOT
10 May 2011Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest ServicePEREZ/ VILLAREAL RANCHES
24 April 2008Misuse of fire by a minor5.0 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named
24 April 2008Misuse of fire by a minor10 acresTexas A & M Forest Servicenot named

Settlements close enough to share some of these fires:

Every fire recorded in Brooks County

Mines and quarries near this place

1 within 5 miles

Regional context, not property-specific evidence. The federal mineral resources record lists 1 working within 5 miles of Cantu Addition Number 1 Colonia: 1 past producer. None of them still produces. What was taken out: Gypsum-Anhydrite, Halite. 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
Gyp Hill QuarryGypsum-Anhydrite, HalitePast Producer1911, 1942

Every working recorded in Brooks 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
Cantu Addition Number 2 Colonia0.1 miles8
Cantu Addition0.1 miles8
Falfurrias1.8 miles8
Victory Place Colonia1.9 miles8
Rush Addition Colonia2.3 miles7
Airport Road Addition Colonia2.3 miles7
La India2.5 miles8
Airport Road Addition3.1 miles7

Provenance

This settlement is recorded in the Geographic Names Information System as feature 2010305. 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.